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TAKE THE QUIZhave/take/get the measure of (someone)
idiom
chiefly British
: to have or get a good understanding about what is needed to defeat or deal with (someone one is competing against)
She failed to take the measure of her opponent.
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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- Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.


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