feel for

Get on the stop, and get off the stop, and get a feel for what the ridership is like.

He needs to keep picking up pace and getting a feel for the game.

But he’s so pathetic that you can’t help but feel for the guy.

This time together, Stubb later recalled, allowed the two men to get a feel for one another.

From his teenage years, he’s shown a preternatural feel for the game, a singular ability to dictate action and flow.