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Read between the lines
verb
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Definitions
1.
verb
To infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly.
"If you read between the lines a little, you will realize that he has deeper motives."
Synonyms
read
read into
construe
take the meaning
catch someone's drift
make sense
gather
decipher
foreread
connote
get the picture
extrapolate
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