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Do you catch my drift

The earliest quotation in the Oxford English Dictionary for this sense of "drift" is dated 1526: "Harde it is . . . to perceyue the processe and dryfte of this treatyse."
Found on "Phrases dot org"

The speaker may be having trouble communicating with their audience and not knowing how to better explain.

This is similar to "do you feel me?" or "do you get it?".

Otherwise there is a certain mentality and a certain consciousness along with what the speaker & the audience are generally known to understand.
Bugsy says to his cohorts in crime "I took care of it. Do you catch my drift?".
by Hare Krsna Gardening December 26, 2022
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A word usually heard from 6 year olds playing gorilla tag.
An idiot: Do you want to play mini games?
A gorilla tag player who has a brain:SHUT UP NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY MINI GAMES.
by Helloijustamhere September 11, 2022
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Do I know you?

What you say when someone awkwardly approaches you
“Hey are you that kid who pops into biology and then leaves?”

I’m sorry… Do I know you?”
by I Like To Define Words January 29, 2022
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do you know da wae

A normiefied meme, if you use it after january 2k18 you big gay and a retard
retarded normie: do you know da wae
you: jump of a bridge you fucking normie go kys, this would be a beter place without you.
by NoRmIeFiEd March 8, 2018
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do you know da way

It's a derpy Knuckles meme (from Sonic) that is known as "Uganda Knuckles"
Do you know da way? No you do not know da way.
by I_AM_DA_ACE January 11, 2018
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Something out of pocket your friend says to you
My friend: “do you ever just fuck a burrito Isa?”

Me: “kill youself”

My friend: “did you just misspell yourself..?”

Me: “I’m blocking you”

*i really just hope a meteor hits their home*
by Charlotte but gayer June 8, 2023
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doing you to your face

people who talk to you as if they are you as a way of being passive aggressive but they know you love it, even if you annoy the hell out of them, and they are sick of you already
"Celebrities are only doing you to your face."
"I never thought about it like that."
"Yeah and they're totally butthurt that you don't speak to them like a human being anymore, too."
by Vita Smart July 27, 2022
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