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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."
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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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Do a Jo

Tekan gao your friend when pulling. Surge at will with the most lansi look.
Darrell Do a Jo yesterday, nearly broke us just trying to catch up.
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do something about it

something people say when getting ready to fight. mainly used in schools and the hood
person 1: ay bro what you doin this my girl
person 2: do something about it then
person 1: oh ill do something
person 2: then square up bruv
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Do I give a shit

No
Do i give a shit
No
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Do a Ignacio

When you escape with the bail after a rural house
Look at Marcos, he will do a Ignacio
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Doing a Ciaran

Be careful out tonight or you'll end up doing a ciaran.
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What is does do

Cool cool, what is does do?
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