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noun ADJ. first The first inkling we had of Cliff's problem was when he didn't come to work. | faintest, slightest We didn't have the slightest inkling of the dramatic news we were about to hear. VERB + INKLING have (no) | get | give (sb) She never gave us any inkling of what she was planning. PREP. ~ of
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): *an inkling (about someone or something)
an idea about someone or something; a hint about the nature of someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) • I had an inkling about the problems that you were going to run into., Phrase(s): *an inkling (of something)
a hint about something that is to happen. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) • The speeches gave us an inkling of what we could expect from the new president.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs