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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?".
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Catch It From The Net

When a player walks under the net to collect the ball after greatness has scored a jumpshot.
by RUROL October 12, 2021
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to catch the crazy turkey

To catch the crazy turkey is the act of having sexual intercourse while making turkey noises. There is much more depth to the act; however, little is known, so just some vague facts are spread with certainty, some of them being that it starts with a wild turkey, and ends with sex in a bed, and somewhere in the middle there is the need to kill a chicken.
You've been known to catch the crazy turkey over there in Lindsay's bed!
by Rasus January 31, 2015
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another way of saying if i shoot my shot with you will I miss or not
Jack: hey are you gonna catch this ball if I throw it

Jackie: yeah I will actually
by str8pressure June 7, 2022
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catch me outside

Have you heard Catch me outside by ski mask?
Yes, it is great
by 10001100101010 February 1, 2022
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i don't catch

another meaning for 'i don't get it' or 'I don't understand'
karina: "lesbian"
lisa: "i don't catch"
by rated by 5 out of 5 dogs March 22, 2019
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catch them feels

When you be starting to feel a certain way, catching feelings for someone. Mostly when they don't feel the same way.
I've hung out with him this last week, and I think I'm starting to catch them feels for him.
by Murduhmur June 1, 2018
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