catch the drift



catch the drift

To understand the general meaning of some situation or piece of information. Since I don't have time at work to read news articles in full, I usually just read their blurbs online to catch the drift of what's going on in the world. I was so tired that I couldn't focus on the boss's speech during the meeting, but I think I caught the drift of what he was saying.
See also: catch, drift

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Harry['hæri]
Mnason-Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Mot-Near Eastern Mythology
JÚLiaZHOO-lyə (Portuguese), YOO-lee-aw (Hungarian)Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian, Slovak
Drusus-Ancient Roman
Iordan-Bulgarian