get the drift
Example Sentences
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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
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
Still he was curious, and, wanting to get the drift of Lucy's mind, he took to his old habit of teasing.
From Wildfire by Grey, Zane
