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hint
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drop a hint
to suggest something indirectly to someone. I was hoping to see her again, so I dropped a hint, saying I wasn't doing anything this weekend.
See also: drop

take a hint

to understand or do something that is communicated indirectly. I can take a hint – if you don't want to talk about it, that's OK with me. “Weren't you going to check your messages?” she asked. I took the hint and left.
See also: take
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In Hinter dem Schilfgurtel, 2004, Rauch substitutes for a gothic church's ruins the shambles of a factory.
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