get a handle on things

If the government were able to get a handle on things, would you go back then?

How will I get a handle on things that quickly?

With this, you can't really get a handle on things.

"We want to wait a while to get a handle on things," he added.

Architects have had a harder time getting a handle on things.

She studied them a moment, knowing that this was sometimes the way to get a handle on things down here.

And we want to get a handle on things before it gets worse."

"I appreciate this opportunity, we just need to get a handle on things pretty quick.

He been (in charge) for a few days and needs time to get a handle on things.'

We felt it was sufficient to help reduce the illness and get a handle on things."

If you can't cut down on the number of weapons, there are still sensible ways to get a handle on things.

It's time to get a handle on things.

Still, if you plan your itinerary by colonia, or neighborhood, it's easy to get a handle on things.

The line seemed to be that he should be given another year or so to see if he could get a handle on things.

In the bottom of the fifth, though, Harrison and the Rangers had no trouble getting a handle on things.

just when I think I've got a handle on things.

True enough, but usually that funhouse sense of false perspective fades away once he starts to get a handle on things.

Stanford shredded Cal from the start — once the Cardinal got a handle on things, anyway.

This skill is also known as gestation, mulling things over, and getting a handle on things.

Even established executives need weeks or months to get a handle on things when they join a new company or are promoted to a new position.

ABC is trying to get a handle on things, Olivia Pope-style.

Scot was closest to General Venrick, and he listened as Venrick tried to get a handle on things.

Trying to get a handle on things, my little girl asked if she could keep the lump they cut out – so that she could see what it was.

Psychoviruses With any concept, science has traditionally found that stripping it down to its most simple and basic form is a good way of getting a handle on things.

“We have to get a handle on things,” said McCarthy, 72, a self-identified tea partyer and real estate agent who retired a few years ago when the market started to collapse.