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?".
To have sex, most commonly used with someone not your partner.
Tyrice: Aye man I'm finna to catch kill on this lil' situation/
Jay: Aii man, peace.
Fuck off, Fuck you, you got fucked, your fucked
Man i went to Carls Jr. And asked for a Coke and they gave me a diet Coke. I wasn't ready to catch the grenade on that one.
The sport of kidnapping wild animals, objects and other random shit and stuffing them in your balls, only to force them into fights with other wild shit and other kidnapped’s beasts.
Person A: What is your hobby?
Me :Pokémon Catching
someone who accuses another of "dick-riding"
Then tell Sherry to stop ass-catching.
Primary used to describe a girl who could be considered the epitome of human perfection
Damn, my girl is an ultra-catch!
Become popular and fashionable.
I don't think that new type of phone will ever catch on. It is too ugly.