get the idea

get the idea (third-person singular simple present gets the idea, present participle getting the idea, simple past got the idea, past participle gotten the idea or got the idea)

1. To understand the main points.

• get the point

• get ideas

• “get the idea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “get the idea” (US) / “get the idea” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “get the idea”, in Collins English Dictionary.