get the measure of

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In “Ink,” which after an acclaimed run here is about to open on Broadway, you get the measure of Mr. Murdoch at mealtimes rather than in office hours.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019

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

I find the way of governing headstrong men to be very similar, and I believe it is by practising the method that I get the measure of success with which people credit me.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry