get a fix on somebody/something
to understand something

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get a fix on
get a fix on (something)
to understand something.
It's not easy to get a fix on this new era we've entered.

Usage notes: sometimes also used in the form have a fix on something:
After reading that biography, I felt I really had a fix on Jefferson.

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get a fix on something
get a fix on (something)
to understand something.
It's not easy to get a fix on this new era we've entered.

Usage notes: sometimes also used in the form have a fix on something:
After reading that biography, I felt I really had a fix on Jefferson.

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get a fix on
to receive a reading of a distant object by electronic means
We were able to get a fix on the island and took the boat safely to the harbor.

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get a fix on something
to receive a reading of a distant object by electronic means
We were able to get a fix on the island and took the boat safely to the harbor.

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get a fix on
v. phr., informal Receive a reading of a distant object by electronic means, as by radar or sonar.
Can you get a fix on the submarine?
Antonym: GET A FIX.

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