get the drift
Example Sentences
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But you get the drift even without understanding the details: The states are saying that Google and Facebook colluded to help their own businesses at the expense of everyone else’s.
From New York Times
It’s a manifestly self-referential musical about a black, gay writer named Usher who works as a Broadway usher and is composing a musical about a black, gay writer named Usher who works as an usher and is composing a musical about . . . well, you get the drift.
From Washington Post
They will not win the tournament, surely … but, well, you get the drift.
From The Guardian
The RTC stands for Range To Cart—so you get the drift here.
From Golf Digest
There are open-brain wounds, twisted spines, creative uses of a medical scalpel, and stapled skulls—you get the drift.
From Slate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
