catch someone's drift

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tounderstandthemeaningorimplicationsof someone’spronouncement.I see youcatch my drift.Icaught her driftwhen she looked at me from across the noisy lunchroom and went over to her table.1986,James Ellroy,Killer on the Road, Avon Books,→ISBN,page28:I was a burglary detective for three years before I joined the Speaker's Bureau, and you might say I managed to acquire a few things at a five-finger discount, if youcatch my drift.

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