"give someone to understand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives someone to understand [present, singular, third-person], giving someone to understand [participle, present], gave someone to understand [past], given someone to understand [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone to understand}} give someone to understand (third-person singular simple present gives someone to understand, present participle giving someone to understand, simple past gave someone to understand, past participle given someone to understand)
  1. (idiomatic) To tell someone, especially indirectly; to insinuate. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-give_someone_to_understand-en-verb-6H4oqYSU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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