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Cue

/kjuː/
A signal or sign that tells someone to do something

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Words like revolution gave him his cue.

She paused as though expecting me to take up a cue.

Every habit has three parts: cue, routine, and reward.

Etymology:

etymology
Middle English cue, from Old French couer, from Latin cauda meaning tail. Originally a theatrical term, it referred to the last words of an actor's speech, serving as a signal for the next speaker.

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