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View synonyms for get the drift
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Also, catch the drift . Understand the general meaning or purport. For example, I didn't get the drift—do they want to go or not? or Over all the noise he barely managed to catch the drift of their conversation . The noun drift has been used for “purport” since the early 1500s.Advertisement
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