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.

• cotton to
• cotton to someone
• cotton to something
• couch potato
• cough up
• cough up something
• could do something in sleep
• could do something in their sleep
• could do something standing on head
• could do something standing on your head
• could do something with eyes closed
• could do something with eyes shut
• could do something with one arm tied behind back
• could do something with one arm tied behind their back
• could do something with one hand tied behind back
• could do something with one hand tied behind their back
• could do something with their eyes closed
• could do something with their eyes shut
• could do with
• could do with one arm tied behind back
• could do with one arm tied behind their back
• could do with one hand tied behind back
• could do with one hand tied behind their back
• could do with something
• could hear a pin drop