get the measure of

Successive US presidents have struggled to get the measure of Vladimir Putin but now that Brussels and Berlin have joined the fray with such resolve, it's a different story, writes Nick Bryant.

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.

It’s the pizza that any pizza chef would order to get the measure of a new pizzeria because there is nothing to hide behind; no snazzy flavors to mask the quality of your ingredients, dough and skill with the oven.

It was hard for the general public to get the measure of his personality.

In “Ink,” which after an acclaimed run here is about to open on Broadway, you get the measure of Mr. Murdoch at mealtimes rather than in office hours.