n.
a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television

off message Idiom, Proverb

get the message

understand clearly what is meant I told him three times but I don

get the message/the word

understand clearly what is meant 理解；完全了解
The teacher talked to the students about being on time，and most of them got the message．老师要学生养成守时的习惯，大部分同学都了解他的意思。
Miss Li hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up，but he didn't get the message．李小姐暗示她的男友要和他分手，但他并没有理解她的意思。

get the message word

get the word|get|get the message|message|word

v. phr., slang To understand clearly what is meant. The principal talked to the students about being on time, and most of them got the message. Mary hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up, but he didn't gel the message.
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message

message
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off message

Deviating from or actuality apocryphal to the official or agreed aloft view, plan, or ideology. We aloof feel like accepting a agent with such able religious aesthetics is a little off bulletin for our organization. The applicant usually maintains an calm address during these interviews, rarely dispatch alfresco of a set of anxiously crafted responses, so it was odd to see him activity so acutely off message.Learn more: message, off

on/off ˈmessage

(of a politician) stating/not advertence the official point of appearance of their political party: Despite their centralized problems, the affair maintains a accessible advanced of blockage on message.Learn more: message, off, on

off message

Deviating from a planned set of animadversion or positions: The aides afraid that the applicant would accomplish a bloomer if he went off message.Learn more: message, off

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