get the drift
Example Sentences
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The actual phrasing he used was far ruder than that – but you get the drift.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The strapped family eking out an existence on $500,000 featured in one such piece had fully-funded retirement and college plans, payments on two luxury cars, “date nights” every other week ... you get the drift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 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
"Well, we may be able to get the drift of it, with that thing you have under your arm," was the other's reply.
From The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
