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get a feel for something
start to understand what something is like
If you get a feel for something, you gradually begin to understand it through experience.
Hear it in real life
Are you comfortable leading the meetings now?
I'm starting to get a feel for it.
It took me a week to get a feel for the new software.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I got a feel on how the system works.
Say: I got a feel for how the system works.
Use "for," not "on," in the fixed expression "get a feel for something."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
get a feel for the job; get a feel for how something works
Your turn: say it out loud
It took me a week to get a feel for the new software.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
get a feel for something
start to understand what something is like
“It took me a week to get a feel for the new software.”
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