get/have a handle on

: to gain possession of

: to receive as a return : earn

: to obtain by concession or entreaty

: something begotten:

: offspring

: the entire progeny of a male animal

: a document of release from obligation in Jewish law

: a religious divorce by Jewish law

: a part that is designed especially to be grasped by the hand

: something that resembles a handle

: title

: to try or examine (as by touching, feeling, or moving) with the hand

: to manage with the hands

: to deal with in writing or speaking or in the plastic arts