Get the hang of
Learn the proper way of doing, using or handling something; acquire the knack of something. For example, I finally got the hang of this computer program. [ ; mid-1800s ]
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- Get the hungries
verb phrase To become hungry: I get the hungries for some breakfast (1980s+)
- Get theirs
see: get one’s
- Get the jump on someone
verb phrase To get the lead, or an advantage, esp by alert early moves: Never let the other guy get the jump on you (1912+)
- Get the last dance
verb phrase To be the winner in the end; triumph finally: But Dorsey got the last dance, telling jurors Mary had ”died a noble death” [1970s+; fr the awarding by the belle of the last dance at the ball to the favored suitor]
- Get the monkey off
verb phrase To break a narcotics habit: so hooked on morphine that there would be no getting the monkey off without another’s help (1860+ Narcotics)