Meaning of have a handle on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To understand or grasp.
   idiomatic
2. To be in control of, to have power over.
   idiomatic

Examples

“To work efficiently, it's important to have a handle on the procedures involved.”

“But the other three problems had all grown out of assigning jobs to people he had no handle on.”

“We don't have to report to them anymore, but they still have a handle on our Justice Department and the police.”

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