get a better handle on

collocation in English

meaningsofget,better,handleandon

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get
verb
uk
/ɡet/us
/ɡet/
to obtain, buy, or ...
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better
adjective
uk
/ˈbet.ər/us
/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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handle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæn.dəl/us
/ˈhæn.dəl/
a part of an object designed for holding, moving, or carrying the ...
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on
preposition
uk
/ɒn/us
/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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One way to get abetterhandleon the problem is to try to learn from past experience.
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He proposes an energy minimizing principle that he believes canbetterhandlecases of apparent motion and can be fruitfully extended to some other areas of perception.
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As a result, we shallbetterhandlea very important benefit for many people and the money will go to the right people.
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That information provides a more current picture than hitherto, and helps us to get abetterhandleon what is happening with this disease.
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We hadbetterhandlethis with great care.
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We are introducing a census question to give us abetterhandleon where carers are and what their needs are.
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The network is also very important as regards the candidate countries, as it can help to get abetterhandleon the problems that can result from transition periods.
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Although this is not the time to discuss how we mightbetterhandleour legislation, certainly no one could pretend that this is the best way.
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It is now common to use triage tags to allow first responders to have abetterhandleof the victims during a triage.
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The fuselage was completely redesigned and features a new hull shape that canbetterhandlehigher wave conditions.
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One may expect that higher-degree minimum residual polynomials maybetterhandlethis situation.
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In order tobetterhandlethe display of large lattices, nested line diagrams are offered in the tool.
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Some intersections were also improved tobetterhandletraffic.
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More important, it helps them get abetterhandleon the material as they teach; they have to sort it out, get it straight.
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Breaker boys were forced to work without gloves so that they couldbetterhandlethe slick coal.
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In order tobetterhandlethese loads, the struts are connected with diagonal braces that take the stress as axial loads.
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These were creative sentences handed out by the arbitrator to help litigants understand the implications of their actions and learn how tobetterhandleproblems.
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Other members offer alternative ways of looking at the situation and suggest how tobetterhandlesimilar symptoms in the future.
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Other more advanced methods were developed starting in the early 1990s that canbetterhandleextended light sources than the edge-ray method.
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In a methodological review article in 1997, they their approach to measuring tobetterhandlethe problem of cycle variability.
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