catch one's drift

: to capture or seize especially after pursuit

: to take or entangle in or as if in a snare

: deceive

: something caught

: the act, action, or fact of catching

: a game in which a ball is thrown and caught

: the act of driving something along

: the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream

: something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or as if by a natural agency: such as

: to become driven or carried along (as by a current of water, wind, or air)

: to move or float smoothly and effortlessly

: to move along a line of least resistance