get a handle on something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget a handle on somethingget a handle on somethingUNDERSTANDto start to understand a situation, subject etc It’s difficult to get a handle on how widespread this problem is. → handleExamples from the Corpusget a handle on something• At least they have a handle on what caused the power failure.• Sun had difficulty getting a handle on the actual yield situation because week-to-week data on the silicon lots varied, Gadre said.• From these activities they really get a handle on where I want them to go.• Daily at five or six a. m. Mr Sammler woke up in Manhattan and tried to get a handle on the situation.• You figure you've got a handle on all but the most aberrant human behaviour.

单词	get a handle on something
释义	get a handle on something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget a handle on somethingget a handle on somethingUNDERSTANDto start to understand a situation, subject etc It’s difficult to get a handle on how widespread this problem is. → handleExamples from the Corpusget a handle on something• At least they have a handle on what caused the power failure.• Sun had difficulty getting a handle on the actual yield situation because week-to-week data on the silicon lots varied, Gadre said.• From these activities they really get a handle on where I want them to go.• Daily at five or six a. m. Mr Sammler woke up in Manhattan and tried to get a handle on the situation.• You figure you've got a handle on all but the most aberrant human behaviour.
随便看	cast aside cast aside your doubts etc cast aside your inhibitions etc cast aside your inhibitions/doubts etc cast aspersions on cast aspersions on something/somebody cast away cast caution to the winds cast doubt on cast doubt(s) on something cast doubts on cast down cast from cast in cast in a a part lead cast in a a the lead cast in a role part lead cast in a role the lead cast into Hell etc cast into prison etc cast iron cast light on cast light on cast light on/onto something cast light onto