get the idea
Example Sentences
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It will join “Baking Championship: Next Gen,” “Worst Cooks in America,” “Beat Bobby Flay” and . . . you get the idea.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
The denunciation goes on, but you get the idea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
I don’t play them all well, but it doesn’t really matter — it’s whatever will get the idea across.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
Some people, because of that, get the idea that tariffs are like a pardon—one of these things that are just in the president’s power, the Constitution gives him that power.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2025
“Francie, where’d you ever get the idea for an all-gray outfit?”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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