make noises
informalto show what you think or feel by what you say, without stating it directly:
He's been making noises about taking us all to Rio, but we haven't heard anything definite.
also make a noise to complain or make trouble:
If things start going badly again, our members are sure to make noises.
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Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- might
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- posit
- postulate
- proposal
- propose
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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