get a fix on

Example Sentences

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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

It’s not easy to get a fix on Warren Buffett’s feelings about the newspaper industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2019

They can’t get a fix on her appendix.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2018

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

“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