get the drift
Example Sentences
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The strapped family eking out an existence on $500,000 featured in one such piece had fully-funded retirement and college plans, payments on two luxury cars, “date nights” every other week ... you get the drift.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
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
I’m not sure what kind of box, but I get the drift.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2018
Jabez looked at him about a minute to kind of get the drift of his remark, an' then he sez, "What do you mean by that?"
From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander
