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
But you get the drift, and here on the lawns, trails and bike paths — from Hawthorne to Burbank to the beach — it’s become a prevailing ethos: You can’t hide under your bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2020
There’s more there, but you get the drift.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2019
I’m not sure what kind of box, but I get the drift.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2018
Bok did not often get the drift of these discussions, but he was intensely interested in listening to the diverse views of the two theologians.
From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William
