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read between the lines

Verb

Meaning

read what is implied but not expressed on the surface

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Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything. Gwendolyn Brooks

I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines. Madeleine Stowe

To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text. Henry James

Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand. Julius Wellhausen

From a speculation standpoint, it's hard to truly read between the lines here. Source: Internet

Hopefully you can read between the lines," an IPL GC member told PTI on condition of anonymity after Sunday's meeting. Source: Internet

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