get the drift of vs keep up with

get the drift of

keep up with

verb
  • To manage to follow an argument, a discussion, etc. 

  • To manage to remain up to date with trends, fashions, etc 

  • To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one. 

How often have the words get the drift of and keep up with occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )