catch the drift
Example Sentences
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A kind of Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor vibe if you are old enough to catch the drift, an on-off thing, love and hate, tempestuous, never dull.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025
Cats can, obviously, catch the drift more than people.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024
In a way that actually was not measured, admittedly, but we're all adult enough to catch the drift of these elaborate concepts.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2012
Jazz thinkers, quick to catch the drift of such talk, are constantly dreaming and demanding that jazzmen start getting some fast federal aid.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I was confident you were lurking among the trees not far off, and since Wa-on-mon sometimes spoke pretty loud, I fancied you would catch the drift of our conversation."
From The Phantom of the River by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
