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 total quantity caught at one time

:  the act, action, or fact of catching

:  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