get drift

get someone's drift

Fig. to understand what someone is saying or implying. (Akin to if you get my drift.) I don't want to hear anymore about her or you. Do you get my drift?

get somebody's/the drift

(informal) also catch somebody's/the drift (informal)

to understand what someone is saying Can you explain that again? I don't quite get your drift. I didn't understand everything he was saying but I think I caught the drift. (informal)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Feidelm	-	Irish Mythology
Frey	[frei]
Liat	-	Hebrew
Joan (2)	joo-AHN (Catalan), zhoo-AHN (Catalan)	Catalan, Occitan
GrÉAgÓIr	GRAY-gor	Irish
Sara	SAH-rah (Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, Polish), ZAH-rah (German), SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), SAH:-rah (Arabic)	Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German