Hinting and Stop

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Stop is an antonym for hinting in suggest topic.

Nearby Words: hint, hinted

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Hinting is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Lucille:"I won't stop until I kill you or you kill me." Dysfunction Junction: Thomas and Lucille were confined to their nursery as children, hinting at a more tragic (and perhaps terrifying) back story.

Source: Film / Crimson Peak
Holmes and Russell are apparently taking the long way home from India (Holmes mentions a three-week stay in Japan, which might be hinting at another flashback book later), and Russell decides to stop in San Francisco, her hometown, to settle the details of her inheritance.

Source: Literature / Mary Russell
Staging an Intervention: Has a subverted intervention in which the goal is to get the character to stop hinting that he has a problem and shut up.

Source: Webcomic / Two Guys and Guy

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