Sentence examples for get a good handle from inspiring English sources
He was able to get a good handle on how Teeth of the Dog is doing.
But it was easy to get a good handle on the dimensions of the crowd.
While initial reaction to the idea was generally positive, some City Council members and others have said that three weeks may not be enough time to get a good handle on the internal politics and processes at a different workplace.
To become a savvier renter, and to avoid deals that are too good to be true, it's essential to get a good handle on the city's real estate picture.
(American prisons operate in such a complicated patchwork of federal, state, and local jurisdictions that, as Pfaff points out, it is hard to get a good handle on the numbers).
With that in mind, if you can get a good handle on the tests, medicines and monitoring you will need for a health condition, as well as a clear idea of what, if anything, your insurance will cover, you'll be able to ask your doctor and the billing staff specifics about ways you can save money.
"We've got a good handle on this, yes," said Terry Virgin, a fire information officer.
"So there's a lot of things I dealt with for the first time that he's already got a good handle on".
And by summer's end, I usually feel I've got a good handle on which magazines are doing interesting work, and who's contributing to them.
