get the measure of
Example Sentences
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After four years, you start to get the measure of a man.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2018
Given the personal nature of their insults, both men undoubtedly will use the summit to get the measure of each other, and try to decide who is better at bluffing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
The technology is so new, and its extent so unknowable, that we can’t seem to get the measure of it.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2017
You quickly get the measure of your place in the Hollywood pecking order by the calibre of parties you're invited to.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2011
It is curious how long it takes feudal overlords to get the measure of a fearless free man.
From Theodore Roosevelt and His Times by Harold Howland
