give somebody an idea

Can you give me an idea what the problem is?

They gave me an idea of myself which I could hold on to.

The first thing I'll do is go see the group and give them an idea of what our next job's going to be.

He gave me an idea of what they were thinking.

Now I'll give you an idea of where to look him up.

I'm trying to give you an idea of how big the field is.

Can they give you an idea of the questions which will be asked?

And would you give us an idea of perhaps who two or three people on your short list are for the Court?

But she'd just given me an idea all the same.

The following day gave her a very good idea of what was to come.