have a handle on

Example Sentences

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“I feel I have a handle on the next three months and then new versions of AI come out,” Johnson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

So, when you mess with that feeling of safety, with what satisfies through narrative-building and artwork, you’re messing with people’s relationship to death, their feeling they have a handle on it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

She says the industry still does not have a handle on the parasites and diseases "running rampant" through fish farms, which she believes are too densely stocked.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

“It’s something we just don’t have a handle on yet.”

From Science Magazine • May 31, 2024

You’d think I’d have a handle on it by now.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli