All get a handle on synonyms

verb get a handle on

• make it — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
• hold one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
• cut the mustard — to come up to expectations