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Get the drift
verb
To understand, at least at some basic or general level.
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Get the drift right, and the fly wrong, same response.
But you get the drift.
Lawmakers in Montana get the drift.
You get the drift: history is a brain freeze.
People borrow more, spend more — you get the drift.
Not his exact words, but you get the drift.
I don't expect everyone to get the drift, and I don't always get the drift myself, but I am willing enough to be transported".
But Ms von Storch's team signed up for football.You get the drift.
Somehow, "brand" doesn't sufficiently prime the pump for "maison," but you get the drift.
After that it will be Park Avenue Spring — you get the drift.
But Sadler saw enough to get the drift and was not wholly convinced.
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