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a nod to sth
idiom
If something is a nod to a particular thing, it refers to it:
The name San Francisco 49ers is a nod to the prospectors who flocked to California during the 1849 gold rush.
Female members of Congress wore white in a nod to suffragists during the State of the Union.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quoting & making references
allude to someone/something
allusive
allusiveness
as for someone/somethingidiom
bandy
bandy something around
bring
en passant
further
hark
quotably
quote
quote... unquoteidiom
ref
refer
refer to someone/something
reference
referent
reported speech
undermentioned
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