Get a handle on something: to begin to understand or be able to deal with something: bắt đầu hiểu/biết cách làm gì đấy
Examples:
Operating this machine is difficult, but now I can get a handle on it.
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By coming in early, staying late, and working weekends she started to get a handle on the problem.