Meanings of catching the drift in English

He had been catching the drift of her thoughts, she realized.

Yeager looked from one to the other, not quite catching the drift of the underlying meaning.

Not catching the drift, Peter stayed right where he was, perched over the engineer like a hawk.

She did not understand, was never satisfied with allusions, and she had no gift for catching the drift of things.

Apparently catching the drift, he deftly urged her, but Eva tactfully changed the subject, greatly to Paul's chagrin and his father's ill-suppressed anger.

Catching the drift of their remarks, Billy waved them to one side.

"No, it isn't, either," she exclaimed, catching the drift of his meaning.

"No," she said, catching the drift of his questions at once.

"Very much," she replied, catching the drift of his remarks.