have a handle on (something)

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have a handle on (something)

To have a firm, clear understanding or determination of something. I hope everyone has a handle on the material, as you'll be tested on it next week. I thought I had a pretty good handle on English idioms, but I don't understand this one at all!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Donato	do-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Kajus	-	Lithuanian
Bonner	['bɔnə]
TomÁS	to-MAHS (Spanish), too-MASH (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
Cavan	-	English
Jadranko	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene