elaborating <span class="searchmatch">on</span> the origins of this term. <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">gets</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">getting</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>, simple...
have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> (third-person singular simple present has <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>, present participle having <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>, simple past and past participle had <span class="searchmatch">a</span> handle...
<span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> situation; to perform or make progress. John is really <span class="searchmatch">getting</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> at work. I hear John has <span class="searchmatch">a</span> new job. How's he <span class="searchmatch">getting</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>? She's <span class="searchmatch">getting</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> very...
handel, <span class="searchmatch">handle</span>, from Old English <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> (“<span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span>”), from *handulā. See verb below. Cognate with Danish handel (“<span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span>”). <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">handles</span>) The...
arXiv[1]: In this thesis, we explore two attempts to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> this problem in the special case of <span class="searchmatch">a</span> better-behaved class of matroids called positroids...
<span class="searchmatch">handle</span> up (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">handles</span> up, present participle <span class="searchmatch">handling</span> up, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">handled</span> up) (slang, African-American...
From <span class="searchmatch">handleable</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">handleably</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">handleably</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">handleably</span>) in <span class="searchmatch">a</span> way or manner that can be <span class="searchmatch">handled</span> The parts are welded...
<span class="searchmatch">get</span> his arms around it and it reappears magically <span class="searchmatch">on</span> the opposite side of the room. To fully understand; to wrap one's head around; to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">handle</span> on...
IPA(key): /pʁɑ̃.dʁə la muʃ/ prendre la mouche (informal) to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> ticked off, to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> offended, to <span class="searchmatch">get</span> in <span class="searchmatch">a</span> huff, to fly off the <span class="searchmatch">handle</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">get</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> grip (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">gets</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> grip, present participle <span class="searchmatch">getting</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> grip, simple past got <span class="searchmatch">a</span> grip, past participle (UK) got <span class="searchmatch">a</span> grip...