get a fix on
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“The more he tried to get a fix on the fact of being Cass here,” Goldstein writes, “the more the whole idea of it just got away from him.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2019
But I couldn’t get a fix on his presence — mainly because there was no presence.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019
Cuban officials weren’t so sure about the storm’s location, and decided to get a fix on it.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 8, 2017
But it did help me get a fix on my own experience as I was finally starting to recover and, in that regard, changed my life.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2017
“Good question. And the answer, if you understand me, is that that way it’s just a mite harder for people to get a fix on you.”
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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