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
Here and there it was hard to catch the drift of conversations, in particular those in Cajun French.
From Time Magazine Archive
A general idea of 'what and why' was enough for him—just to catch the drift.
From The Promise of Air by Algernon Blackwood
