get the hang of

Definitions

1. 1

   To begin to understand or manage at a basic level

   To begin to understand or manage at a basic level; to learn to handle with some skill.

   • Driving feels awkward when you’re new to it, but it’s easy once you get the hang of it.
   • We got the hang of [caring for a baby], Kate and I, with some quiet, surprising guidance from a gentle male nurse whose touching lack of intrusion was so instinctive as to seem part of the pattern.
   • He felt like he was playing a new board game and was just getting the hang of the rules.

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