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If you catch my drift

figurative form of speech.
It means If you understand what a person is implying or follow where they're getting at in a conversation.

Usually substituted for the following phrases:
"If you know what I'm saying." or "If you see what I mean."

Person 1: "I bet Maria is an animal in the sack--if you catch my drift."
Person 2: She sure is

by thedefinitivedefinition October 4, 2014