Mr. Johnson gave Billy to understand that he would pay him if he helped him clean the yard.
Frank was given to understand in a short note from the boss that he was fired.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
give to understand — index disabuse, instruct (teach), notify Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
give to understand — give the impression, lead to believe … English contemporary dictionary
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… … Dictionary of American idioms
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… … Dictionary of American idioms
give to understand — make a person understand by telling him very plainly or boldly I was given to understand that I could rent an apartment very easily here … Idioms and examples
give — [giv] vt. gave, given, giving [ME given (with g < ON gefa, to give), yeven < OE giefan, akin to Ger geben < IE base * ghabh , to grasp, take > L habere, to have: the special Gmc sense of this base results from its use as a substitute… … English World dictionary
Give — (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
give someone to understand (that) — formal phrase to tell someone something, or to make them think that something is true She’s been asking to see you, or so I’ve been given to understand. Thesaurus: to tell someone something, or to give informationsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
give\ smb.\ to\ understand — • give (smb) 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… … Словарь американских идиом
Understand — Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
