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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
mugGet the Do you catch my driftmug.

ranch catch

When you are jacking off and catch the cum in your mouth.
I just did a ranch catch last night jacking off.
by Sweetbabycakes September 27, 2022
mugGet the ranch catchmug.
<.7.9.7.6.>YOu Know How Easy It Is To Catch YOu Lying<.7.9.7.6.>
<.7.9.7.6.>YOu Know How Easy It Is To Catch YOu Lying<.7.9.7.6.>
by Adujasty343 July 17, 2025
mugGet the <.7.9.7.6.>YOu Know How Easy It Is To Catch YOu Lying<.7.9.7.6.>mug.

Catch a flight

To get high, or participate in any mind altering substance use
Homie: What you doin later?
Me: Gotta catch a flight son!
Homie: What?! Where you flyin to?
Me: No fool, Ima get high af!
by Kongthemighty June 13, 2024
mugGet the Catch a flightmug.

ass-catching

someone who accuses another of "dick-riding"
Then tell Sherry to stop ass-catching.
by Chappybloodlad May 3, 2023
mugGet the ass-catchingmug.

catch twenty fuck

It's a fuck situation that a 22 can't get you out of
When my truck went over the cliff i was in a catch twenty fuck situation
by Mikkiscarbelly November 11, 2020
mugGet the catch twenty fuckmug.

catching the crazy turkey

Some fucked up kinda sex that Ryan from Achievement Hunter apparently has.
(It's probably more bestiality)
Ryan: You been catching the crazy turkey over there in Lindsay's bed.
by Silverbeamm December 14, 2014
mugGet the catching the crazy turkeymug.

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