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verb
Make a more or less disguised reference to:— He alluded to the problem but did not mention it.
synonyms: advert, touch.
is a specific kind of: hint, suggest.
entailment: denote, refer.
verb group: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on.
derivation: allusion | allusive.
Dutch: alluderen, preluderen, zinspelen
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