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to get sb's drift

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  • get someone's drift —    If you get someone s drift, you understand in a general way what they are trying to say.     I didn t understand every word but I got the drift …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • get my drift — If you get someone s drift, you understand what they are trying to say. ( Catch their drift is an alternative form.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • drift — drift1 [ drıft ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or water: The boat started to drift out to sea. Thick smoke from a forest fire drifted across the town. a ) if snow or sand drifts, the wind blows it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • drift — I UK [drɪft] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms drift : present tense I/you/we/they drift he/she/it drifts present participle drifting past tense drifted past participle drifted ** 1) to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or… …   English dictionary

  • get the drift — to understand in a general way what someone is telling you. I usually read the first page of a report just to get the drift. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form get someone s drift: She said something about going home, but Len didn t get her… …   New idioms dictionary

  • get my drift —    If you get someone s drift, you understand what they are trying to say. ( Catch their drift is an alternative form.)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Drift Away — Single by Dobie Gray from the album Drift Away B side City …   Wikipedia

  • Drift Off to Dream — Single by Travis Tritt from the album Country Club Released January 1991 Recorded 1989 Genre …   Wikipedia

  • Drift netting — Drift netting. Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, are allowed to float freely at the surface of a sea or lake. Usually a drift net is a gill net with floats attached to a rope along the top of the net, and weights …   Wikipedia

  • get the drift — get (someone s)/the drift informal, informal to understand what someone is saying. Can you explain that again? I don t quite get your drift. I didn t understand everything he was saying but I think I caught the drift …   New idioms dictionary

  • drift´ing|ly — drift «drihft», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to carry along by currents of water or air: »The current was drifting our boat onto the rocks. 2. to heap up; pile up: »The wind is so strong it s drifting the snow. 3. to enlarge or shape (a hole) with a… …   Useful english dictionary

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