clue
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clue/kluː/
▶noun a fact or piece of evidence used to solve a crime or that serves to reveal something. ▶verb (clues, clueing, clued) (clue someone in) informal inform someone about something.
– phrases
have a clue [usu. with neg.] informal know about something or about how to do something.
have a clue [usu. with neg.] informal know about something or about how to do something.
– origin ME (orig. ‘a ball of thread’, hence one used to guide a person out of a labyrinth): var. of clew.
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