allude to someone

allude to someone
allude to (someone/something) to refer to someone or something briefly or indirectly.

In his letter, Dick alluded to problems the company was facing, but he never suggested they were going out of business.


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  • allude — allude, allusion 1. To allude to someone or something is to mention them ‘indirectly or covertly’, i.e. without mentioning their name, unlike refer, which means to mention them directly, i.e. by name. So if you refer to Julius Caesar you name him …   Modern English usage

  • allude to something — allude to (someone/something) to refer to someone or something briefly or indirectly. In his letter, Dick alluded to problems the company was facing, but he never suggested they were going out of business …   New idioms dictionary

  • allude to — (someone/something) to refer to someone or something briefly or indirectly. In his letter, Dick alluded to problems the company was facing, but he never suggested they were going out of business …   New idioms dictionary

  • allude to — al ˈlude ˌto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they allude to he/she/it alludes to present participle alluding to …   Useful english dictionary

  • allude to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms allude to : present tense I/you/we/they allude to he/she/it alludes to present participle alluding to past tense alluded to past participle alluded to formal allude to something to mention someone or something …   English dictionary

  • allude — al|lude [əˈlu:d] v allude to / [allude to sb/sth] phr v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: alludere, from ad with + ludere to play ] formal to mention something or someone indirectly ▪ Rick didn t want to discuss his past, though he alluded… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • allude — al|lude [ ə lud ] verb al lude ,to phrasal verb transitive FORMAL allude to something to mention someone or something in an indirect way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • allude — verb allude to sb/sth phrasal verb (T) formal to mention something or someone indirectly: The character s evil nature is constantly alluded to throughout the play …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • allusion — allude, allusion 1. To allude to someone or something is to mention them ‘indirectly or covertly’, i.e. without mentioning their name, unlike refer, which means to mention them directly, i.e. by name. So if you refer to Julius Caesar you name him …   Modern English usage

  • Mishpatim — (מִּשְׁפָּטִים Hebrew for “laws,” the second word of the parshah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. Jews in the… …   Wikipedia

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