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
Joachimzho-a-KEEM (French), YO-ah-khim (German), yo-AH-khim (German), yaw-AH-kheem (Polish), JO-ə-kim (English)French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend
DarmaDAHR-mahIndonesian
Loretta[lə'retə]
Boyan-Bulgarian
Makram-Arabic
RÚNi-Ancient Scandinavian