give to understand

[give to understand] {v. phr.}, {informal}

1. To make a person think that something is true but not tell him; suggest; hint.

* /Mr. Johnson gave Billy to understand that he would pay him if he helped him clean the yard./

2. To make a person understand by telling him very plainly or boldly.

* /Frank was given to understand in a short note from the boss that he was fired./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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