"get the memo" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the memo",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the memo",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the memo",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the memo",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the memo",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the memo"
      },
      "expansion": "get the memo (third-person singular simple present gets the memo, present participle getting the memo, simple past got the memo, past participle (UK) got the memo or (US) gotten the memo)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, memo."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_memo-en-verb-PwVMhczK",
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get#English"
        ],
        [
          "memo",
          "memo#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "word": "miss the memo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To receive an item of information."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_memo-en-verb-48VG4OrK"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English negative polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Negative polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 14 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 15 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Ana Homayoun, That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week, Penguin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "They've gotten it into their head that there's a mystical secret to academic success, and they just didn't get the memo.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Tawni Waters, Beauty of the Broken, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:",
          "text": "My alarm clock didn't get the memo about the day off. Iggy's must have because I can hear him snoring through his bedroom door.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 14, Alexandria Dale, “Kim Kardashian relaxes poolside in a bright pink thong bikini”, in Women's Health:",
          "text": "It seems even Kris Jenner has got the pink memo. The momager followed up Kim's post with her own, sharing a throwback pic of herself in a neon pink '80s swimsuit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be aware of the current state of affairs."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_memo-en-verb-fS6ypJug",
      "links": [
        [
          "state of affairs",
          "state of affairs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, chiefly in the negative) To be aware of the current state of affairs."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the memo"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the memo",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the memo",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the memo",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the memo",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the memo",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the memo"
      },
      "expansion": "get the memo (third-person singular simple present gets the memo, present participle getting the memo, simple past got the memo, past participle (UK) got the memo or (US) gotten the memo)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "miss the memo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, memo."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get#English"
        ],
        [
          "memo",
          "memo#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To receive an item of information."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English negative polarity items",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Ana Homayoun, That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week, Penguin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "They've gotten it into their head that there's a mystical secret to academic success, and they just didn't get the memo.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Tawni Waters, Beauty of the Broken, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:",
          "text": "My alarm clock didn't get the memo about the day off. Iggy's must have because I can hear him snoring through his bedroom door.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 14, Alexandria Dale, “Kim Kardashian relaxes poolside in a bright pink thong bikini”, in Women's Health:",
          "text": "It seems even Kris Jenner has got the pink memo. The momager followed up Kim's post with her own, sharing a throwback pic of herself in a neon pink '80s swimsuit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be aware of the current state of affairs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state of affairs",
          "state of affairs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, chiefly in the negative) To be aware of the current state of affairs."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the memo"
}