drop a hint

Fig. to give a tiny or careful hint about something. Mary dropped a hint that she wanted a new ring for her birthday.

to suggest something indirectly to someone I was hoping to see her again, so I dropped a hint, saying I wasn't doing anything this weekend.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eaton	['i:tn]
Artemidoros	-	Ancient Greek
VÍCtor	BEEK-tor (Spanish)	Spanish, Catalan
Wynfor	-	Welsh
Iris	IE-ris (English), EE-ris (German, Dutch), EE-rees (Finnish, Spanish)	Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish
Christine	['kristi:n]