get a fix on

Example Sentences

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She may have a chance against the front-runner, though polling is scant and turnout in a primary for an off-year special election is expected to be low, making it even more difficult to get a fix on the race.

From Washington Post

As mentioned above, patterns of denial and obfuscation common to Christian nationalists make it difficult to get a fix on Doug Mastriano's actual commitments and involvements.

From Salon

Under the first scenario, a mission could continue the work of ESA’s Gaia telescope, mapping the precise positions of billions of stars to understand the evolution of our Milky Way Galaxy—but shifting attention to near-infrared light, to gain additional stellar information and get a fix on stars obscured by clouds when viewed in visible light.

From Science Magazine

With this year’s awards season scrambled by the COVID-19 pandemic, Oscar prognosticators are still trying to get a fix on which way the winds are blowing — and the sometimes befuddling Golden Globes nominations, announced Wednesday, weren’t much help.

From Los Angeles Times

The service was hard to get a fix on, too.

From New York Times