have a grip on



have a grip on something

to have control over something Certainly in the first half England didn't seem to have a grip on the game.
See lose grip
See also: grip, have, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JacopoYAH-ko-poItalian
KÁRi-Ancient Scandinavian
Fink[fiŋk]
Mallaidh-Irish
Ioses-Biblical Greek
Stern[stə:n]