get the idea
Example Sentences
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It will join “Baking Championship: Next Gen,” “Worst Cooks in America,” “Beat Bobby Flay” and . . . you get the idea.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
Where did you get the idea for this?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
I don’t play them all well, but it doesn’t really matter — it’s whatever will get the idea across.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
Some people, because of that, get the idea that tariffs are like a pardon—one of these things that are just in the president’s power, the Constitution gives him that power.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2025
“My wishes dont matter. But dont get the idea that you are protecting me by keeping me.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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