"to get the gist"
definition: to understand its basics, its fundamentals.
example: "I didn't understand everything in the article, but I got the gist"
origin: This phrase comes from the old French Gsir meaning to lie, itself having the meaning of something lying within something and being its basis.
definition: to understand its basics, its fundamentals.
example: "I didn't understand everything in the article, but I got the gist"
origin: This phrase comes from the old French Gsir meaning to lie, itself having the meaning of something lying within something and being its basis.
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