get/have a handle on
Definition of get/have a handle on
informal
: to understand and be able to deal with (something) I can't quite get a handle on the way this machine works. It seemed like she had a good handle on the situation.
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: 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
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