Collocations for "hint"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hint" in context.
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hint
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- helpful hints for [the holidays, around the house]
- handy hints on [saving, cutting down on, improving]
- add a hint of [lime, salt]
- a hint of [spring, summer] (in the air)
- [heard, detect] a hint of sarcasm
- with a hint of [green, color]
- at the slightest hint of [danger, trouble]
- the slight hint of a breeze
- the merest hint of [criticism, a smile]
- let me give you a little hint about
- give me a hint (as to)
- can I have a hint?
- need a hint
- I can take a hint!
- hints and [tips, tricks, hacks]
- hint (at) your [intentions, interest]
- hint at the [idea, fact] that
- hint to [him, a friend, a crush] that
- hinted that she [wanted, thought]
- hinting at signs of [war, disease]
- hinted at [leaving, going, accepting]
- hints towards [war, disaster, failure]
- the [grey, overcast] sky hinted [rain, a snowfall] was
- hinting [heavily, unsubtly]
'hint' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):