get a handle on

Example Sentences

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I wrote “Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership” to help the average car owner get a handle on all things cars.

From Salon

The mayor of London has been told to "get a handle" on the capital's housing crisis as progress on building affordable homes continued to stagnate.

From BBC

Highway 395 in Mono County was closed from Tom’s Place to Benton Crossing Road as fire crews worked to get a handle on the blaze, according to the California Department of Transportation.

From Los Angeles Times

But the real tell is Wever, whose performance as Christy’s mother is so outrageous and pitch-perfect that it took me a moment to get a handle on it.

From Salon

Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell, called Nvidia's $5tn valuation "a sum so vast the human brain can't properly get a handle on it".

From BBC