catch (someone's) drift

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catch (someone's) drift

To understand the meaning, insinuation, or implication of what someone is saying. All I'm saying is that I won't be very sad if she breaks up with her boyfriend, if you catch my drift. A: "I want him 'taken care of'—he's become too much of a liability." B: "I think I catch your drift."

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You'll catch their drift if you listen to their recently released debut EP Celebrate The Place on Shape Records (run by Islet's siblings - brothers Mark and John Thomas, whose most recent release was Gruff Rhys and Tony Da Gatorra's Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness).

Future of the left field; As this year's Green Man Festival gets set for lift-off, one corner of the Brecon Beacons' site will be reverberating nicely to the unorthodox sounds of South Wales' fast-rising DIY exponents - Islet. Dave Owens found out more about the colourfully creative foursome