Allude to sb/sth (formal)
*To mention someone or something in an indirect
way: He kept alluding to his wife, but didn’t mention her name.
*If you allude to something, you mention it in
indirect way: They very soon learned not to allude to the subject. # A
controversial question to which we may briefly allude. This is only rarely
alluded to in even indirect terms.
= REFER TO
*To mention something or someone indirectly:
Rick didn’t want to discuss his past, though he alluded darkly to ‘some things
that happened’.
*To mention something in an indirect way: The
problem had been alluded to briefly in earlier discussions.
*To mention someone or something without
talking about them directly: She mentioned some trouble that she’d had at home
and I guessed she was alluding to her son.
allude verb
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