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.

• be bad news
• be bag
• be banging head against a brick wall
• be banging your head against a brick wall
• be bang on
• be barking mad
• be barking up the wrong tree
• be batting a thousand
• be batting on a sticky wicket
• be baying for blood
• be before time
• be before your time
• be behind the eight ball
• be behind the times
• be behind the wheel
• be below par
• be below the belt
• be below the breadline
• be beside
• be beside the point
• be beside yourself
• be beyond ken
• be beyond someone's ken
• be beyond the pale
• be big of