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Synonyms

get the drift

Idioms  

  1. Also, catch the drift. Understand the general meaning or purport. For example, I didn't get the drift—do they want to go or not? or Over all the noise he barely managed to catch the drift of their conversation. The noun drift has been used for “purport” since the early 1500s.

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Reminiscence Hugh Jackman plays a “private investigator of the mind” who helps clients access lost memories in a dystopian future, and one day a mysterious woman walks into his office— you get the drift.

From The Verge • Jun. 6, 2021

There’s more there, but you get the drift.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2019

I’m not sure what kind of box, but I get the drift.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2018

Probably all of those bands would chafe at the “emo” label, but you get the drift.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2016

Bok did not often get the drift of these discussions, but he was intensely interested in listening to the diverse views of the two theologians.

From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William

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