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get the gist
USUK
to understand the general meaning of something without knowing every detail
'Gist' is pronounced /dʒɪst/. Use 'of' before the thing: 'the gist of the story'.
In context
I didn't understand every word of the lecture, but I got the gist.
Read the article quickly first, just to get the gist of it.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity