if you catch my drift
- hintIndirect suggestion
- nudgeGentle push to prompt
- winkBrief one-eyed closure
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
innuendo · subtext · meaning · understand · follow · reading between lines · subtle · insinuation · unspoken · coded · sly · knowing · euphemism · oblique · tacit · veiled · alluding · nod
communicative explicitness
if you catch my driftin no uncertain terms
With complete clarity
straight talk · calling a spade a spade · to put it simply · speaking frankly · telling it like it is
assumed understanding
if you catch my driftlet me explain
Preface to a breakdown
to clarify · in other words · to put it another way · to elaborate
explicitness of communication
if you catch my driftin no uncertain terms
With complete clarity
straight up · frankly speaking · in so many words · point blank