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"give to understand" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to express that someone has communicated something indirectly or hinted at something without explicitly stating it. Example: When I asked my boss about the new project, she gave to understand that I would be leading the team without directly saying so.
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Investigate why older generations give to understand the reduction with the young generation: Rather than asking why the young don't give, perhaps we can ask why older generations do give?
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I was given to understand that this will never happen.
Good story, of course, but I am given to understand, not true.
Some were given to understand that they were writing for the Observer.
Nothing, we were given to understand by some speakers, would ever be the same again.
We are given to understand that certain ex-CIA types are not happy with developments.
'I was given to understand that you required a valet.' " Bertie says he would have preferred a mortician.
(The self-care part of the scene, we're given to understand from the caption, is the spirallized potato).
Somehow, at some subliminal level, I had been given to understand that what I felt was not really appropriate.
The German army was given to understand that the war was over; leave was granted, and the Luftwaffe was shifted to other quarters.
Now the logic was inverted: supporting the troops, we were given to understand, meant that you had to support the war.
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