get the drift
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It’s not exactly secret, but it’s abstruse enough that they hope most people, who aren’t fully conversant with the complexities of the program, won’t get the drift.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025
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
You’re probably starting to get the drift: The foundation for Sax’s theory is light on evidence, heavy on old fuddy-duddy.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2016
White Bear was pleased to see that she had learned to get the drift of English conversations between him and Nancy.
From Shaman by Shea, Robert
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