get the drift
Example Sentences
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The actual phrasing he used was far ruder than that – but you get the drift.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
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
"Me?" says I. "Well, I don't quite get the drift of the game; but if it'll make you feel any better, you can count me in."
From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster
