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 bill of divorce

:  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