give someone to understand (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
qualifier: chiefly passive voice
glosses: To tell someone, especially indirectly; to insinuate.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: gives someone to understand
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving someone to understand
tags: participle
present
form: gave someone to understand
tags: past
form: given someone to understand
tags: participle
past