have a handle on
Example Sentences
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It’s a bigger issue that the film doesn’t have a handle on Iris’ character.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
She says the industry still does not have a handle on the parasites and diseases "running rampant" through fish farms, which she believes are too densely stocked.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
“It’s something we just don’t have a handle on yet.”
From Science Magazine • May 31, 2024
"Now that we have a handle on the core of the mechanism by which stress-induced fear happens and the circuitry that implements this fear, interventions can be targeted and specific," said Spitzer.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
I noticed the door didn’t even have a handle on the inside, let alone a lock.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
