get the measure of
Example Sentences
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Perhaps Catholics in Slovakia - like Catholics everywhere - are still trying to get the measure of Pope Francis: too liberal for some conservatives, too conservative for some liberals.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2021
After four years, you start to get the measure of a man.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2018
Given the personal nature of their insults, both men undoubtedly will use the summit to get the measure of each other, and try to decide who is better at bluffing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2018
The technology is so new, and its extent so unknowable, that we can’t seem to get the measure of it.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2017
It was necessary that he should get the measure of this man, understand the working of his mind, see the thoughts which were concealed behind his words.
From The Light That Lures by Brebner, Percy James
