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Meanings of get the gist in English

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Usage of get the gist in English
1
Compare this to Maldives' over a million arrivals and you get the gist.
News.com.au
2
You could get the gist of a sentence, but not read it clearly.
Wired
3
Kath Two watched the scene long enough to get the gist of it.
Seveneves
4
Lexi could pretty much get the gist of his intentions from pheremones alone.
Mistress of the game
5
It didn't take long to get the gist of the thing.
Flappers and Philosophers
6
That wasn't how HSBC put it, but you get the gist.
The Guardian
7
I reckon you'd better get the gist of the trouble by reading it over.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
8
If the actors say "ping" often enough, everyone will get the gist.'
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
9
We get the gist pretty quickly: Elton is self-medicating because he feels isolated and unloved.
BBC
10
You didn't have to know a word of Ladino to get the gist of it.
The fifth servant
11
I could go on, but you get the gist.
The Guardian
12
He couldn't get the gist of the conversation, but they all sounded animated about something.
Family ties
13
Well, I'm exaggerating, but you get the gist.
Voice of the Fire
14
You can watch the video above -it's all in Afrikaans, but you'll get the gist.
The South African
15
The characters disagreed about some other stuff, too, but Netflix it and you'll get the gist.
Climbing Magazine
16
Don't expect perfect translations, but Translate does well enough to let you get the gist of a post.
Wired
This collocation consists of:
Get the gist through the time
Get the gist across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common