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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Dots

The investigating agencies are closely following the trail we have discovered. I think investigation alone will show whether the dots are rightly connected or not. Whether there is one organisation or whether there are many organizations working in coordination...all that will have to wait.

Please explain to me what "dots" means here.

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Afzal-Guru-will-be-treated-like-any-other-death-row-convict-Chidambaram/articleshow/5946334.cms
  

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'Connecting the dots' is an idiom = solving the mystery, associating all the clues. It comes from a child's game like [url= ] THIS [/url], sometimes found in schoolbooks and newspapers

  • 'Connecting the dots' is an idiom = solving the mystery, associating all the clues.
  • It comes from a child's game like [url= ] THIS [/url], sometimes found in schoolbooks and newspapers
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'Connecting the dots' is an idiom = solving the mystery, associating all the clues. It comes from a child's game like [url=] THIS[/url], sometimes found in schoolbooks and newspapers

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