Usually means: Understand and act on suggestion.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. take the hint: Merriam-Webster
  2. take the hint: Wiktionary
  3. take the hint: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take the hint: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take the hint: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take the hint: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (take the hint)

verb:  Synonym of take a hint
verb:  (idiomatic) Concede to mounting evidence; wake up and smell the coffee.

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