clue v.
(US) to inform, to tell; thus clued, aware.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1959) 188: I’ clue you [...] There’s gonna be a rumble. | |
| (con. 1950) Band of Brothers 3: With seven days left till I had to ship out, I clue you, I had my work cut out. | |
| Where the Boys Are 93: I clue you, nobody can be more fungous than middle-agers on the grape. | |
| Return of the Hood 56: Shaffer had clued his office staff [...] and two of them watched me go over the mug books. | |
| Cold Fire Burning 42: ‘All you black bastards think you’re smart since ya got that nigger in the mayor’s office. But let me clue ya [...] it ain’t gonna do ya no goddamn good’. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Decadence in Decadence and Other Plays (1985) 8: A private detective in case you’re not yet clued. | |
| (con. 1967) Reckoning for Kings (1989) 120: Lemme clue you, son. |
In phrases
(orig. US) to explain, to inform, to make aware.
| Gidget (2001) 40: I thought I’d better clue you in. | |
| ‘Misc.’ in AS XXXIII:3 225: He supplies him with [...] a bit of information. For the last of these meanings the hipster also uses the more common clueing him. | |
| Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) 211: They wised me up. They cued me in, you know. | |
| Where the Boys Are 201: It’s back to the ratrace. But I clue you in, you guys can have that slush. | |
| Affairs of Gidget 112: Don’t get bombed before I clue you in on something. | |
| Mr Madam (1967) 121: I got clued in about everything and everybody. | |
| Hy Lit’s Unbelievable Dict. of Hip Words 9: clue you in – To be informed; told; someone drops the dime in your direction. | |
| Fantastic Four Annual 44: Clue me in, Stretcho! | |
| Patriot Game (1985) 51: So that when one of his buddies clues him in, he will see that you’ve got light cream in your veins. | |
| (con. 1986) Sweet Forever 253: I’ll beep Rogers [...] clue him in. | |
| Yes We have No 297: He’s reluctant to clue her in. | |
| Stump 50: Just gave me this job like, said you’d clue me in. | |
| Viva La Madness 60: Old Bill are clued-in. | |
| Bad Boy Boogie [ebook] ‘Next time clue me in’. |
to explain something to someone; thus clued up, well aware, properly informed.
| No Highway 115: We’ve got to jump at this decision, now juyst you and me. We can clue up the official side later . | |
| Absolute Beginners 64: You meet all kinds of cats [...] who can clue you up in all kinds of directions. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | (con. 1941) Gunner 47: He was a school teacher in civvy life, a pretty clued-up bloke, no mug. | |
| (con. 1964-65) Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll 133: Clueing her up to the rorts and rorters. | |
| Indep. on Sun. Real Life 20 June 2: Clued-up teens are far more interested in ‘surfing’ different styles. | |
| Outlaws (ms.) 172: I am the smartest, cunningest, most clued-up cunt in all of this city. | |
| Intractable [ebook] Yep, I was pretty clued up with this sex thing. | |
| Raiders 203: He seemed very clued up for his age. | |
| (con. 1943) Irish Fandango [ebook] ‘You seem pretty clued up on this’. |
In exclamations
(US campus) pay attention!
| Sl. U. |