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- He said, "I can have anybody I want in my group"—implying that he didn't want her because she wasn't good enough—and he mentioned the great Thoroughbred stallion Secretariat.†
p. 61.1 *implying = suggesting (saying indirectly)
- It implied that if anything went wrong and people died, the Army could be held responsible and could be sued.†
p. 308.3implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- However, a Sunbeam cookout that lasts for three days and exterminates all samples of niger implies success.†
p. 356.8implies = suggests (says indirectly)
Definitions:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)