Idiom
get the hang of
Meaning
To begin to understand or manage at a basic level; to learn to handle with some skill.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am finally getting the hang of this new software.”
“It took me a few weeks of practice, but I am finally getting the hang of driving a manual car.”
“Although the complex mathematical concepts seemed impossible at first, she eventually got the hang of them after several hours of dedicated study.”
Examples
simple
“I am finally getting the hang of this new software.”
contextual
“It took me a few weeks of practice, but I am finally getting the hang of driving a manual car.”
complex
“Although the complex mathematical concepts seemed impossible at first, she eventually got the hang of them after several hours of dedicated study.”
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