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READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does read between the lines mean?
• READ BETWEEN THE LINES (verb)
The verb READ BETWEEN THE LINES has 1 sense:
1. read what is implied but not expressed on the surface
Familiarity information: READ BETWEEN THE LINES used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• READ BETWEEN THE LINES (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Read what is implied but not expressed on the surface
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "read between the lines" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Context examples
He rushed up to me, saying in an eager whisper:—Jack, I was so anxious. I read between the lines of your letter, and have been in an agony.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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