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Allude

/əˈlud/
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(verb) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

I did not mean to allude to your previous mistakes.
She would often allude to her time spent in Paris.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He didn't say it directly, but he did ____ to the secret problem.

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