cue in

Idioms and Phrases

Give information or instructions, for example, She said she'd cue us in on their summer plans . This verbal use of the noun cue in the sense of “guiding suggestion” dates from the 1920s.

Example Sentences

Focused on a new mental cue in the box — one where he tried to imagine “stepping out” with his injured lead foot, more as a mental trigger than anything — Freeman timed up a first-pitch fastball over the inner half of the plate.

From Los Angeles Times

They try to access those moments, feel the same emotions, locate a visual cue in the area to create a new connection for the memory then let the brain wander to process the trauma.

From Los Angeles Times

Thesefindings are the first example of static electricity being used as a sensory cue in a predator-prey interaction.

From Science Daily

Then, right on cue in the Dodgers’ 2-1 win at Nationals Park, Yamamoto finally dotted the pitch as advertised in a scoreless six-inning, four-hit, seven-strikeout gem — firing mid-90 mph lasers to each corner of the strike zone, and crucially very few anywhere near the heart of the plate.

From Los Angeles Times

Kate Berlant plays an actor unable to cry on cue in her solo show ‘Kate,’ directed by Bo Burnham, at the Pasadena Playhouse.

From Los Angeles Times

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