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Phrase(s): refer to someone or something
to mention someone or something. • Are you referring to me when you speak about a kind and helpful person? • I was referring to the personnel department., Phrase(s): refer someone to someone or something
to direct someone to someone or something; to send someone to someone or something. • The front office referred me to you, and you are now referring me to someone else! • They should have referred you to the personnel department.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs