catch someone's drift
verbDefinitions
To understand the meaning or implications of someone’s pronouncement.
- I see you catch my drift.
- I caught her drift when she looked at me from across the noisy lunchroom and went over to her table.
- I was a burglary detective for three years before I joined the Speaker's Bureau, and you might say I managed to acquire a few things at a five-finger discount, if you catch my drift.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for catch someone's drift. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA