catch one's drift
Definition of catch one's drift
: to understand what one is suggesting I won't tell you his name, but he's someone you know very well, if you catch my drift.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: 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
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