you just don't get it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Luke Combs wants you to understand this about country music: If you’re making fun of it, there’s a good chance you just don’t get it.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
If you watch and your respect for the sport doesn’t mushroom, well, you just don’t get it, that’s all.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022
It’s the Emperor’s New Clothes — if you like orange wines, you are “in,” but if you can’t recognize their virtues, you just don’t get it.
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2019
So you get it, but you just don't get it every Friday night.
From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 22, 2012
Like I said, you just don’t get it.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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