get the drift
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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
Probably all of those bands would chafe at the “emo” label, but you get the drift.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2016
You get the drift that she's as vulnerable as a claymore, and sharp with it too.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2016
He endeavored to get the drift of talk nearest to him.
From The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border by Zane Grey
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