clue
/kluː/ verb C2- To provide with a clue. · The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
- To provide someone with information which they lack (often used with "in" or "up"). · Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.
He/she/it clues · Past clued · Past participle clued · -ing form cluing
Verb forms
- Base form
- clue
- He/she/it
- clues
- Past
- clued
- Past participle
- clued
- -ing form
- cluing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“No clue?” asked Holmes, cocking his eye at the Colonel.
“We had no clue in the Acton affair.
Beyond the fact that he was a middle-sized man and dressed in some dark stuff, we have no personal clue; but we are making energetic inquiries, and if he is a stranger we shall soon find him out.”
“It should give a clue, Mr.
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