to have a handle on something
handle
verb
uk /ˈhæn.dəl/ us /ˈhæn.dəl/

handleverb (DEAL WITH)

B1[ T ]
to deal with, have responsibility for, or be in charge of: 处理，应付，负责
I thought he handled the situation very well.我认为他把局面处理得非常好。
Some people are brilliant with computers, but have no idea how to handle (= behave with) other people.有些人在计算机方面很出色，却不会与人打交道。
If you can't handle the job I'll get someone else to do it.如果你干不了这项工作，我会让别人来做。
Who handles the marketing in your company?你们公司谁负责市场营销？
This is a very delicate situation and it needs to be handled sensitively.这是一个非常微妙的情况，需要谨慎处理。
Only some of the bank's lending operations are handled directly by the manager.
The president has been criticized for the way he has handled the whole affair.
The customer services department handles any customer complaints.
So far, he seems to be handling the job well, but it's really too soon to judge.到目前为止，他的工作看起来还干得不错，但现在下结论还为时过早。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dealing with things or people
addressable
approach
attend to someone/something
be all over it idiom
beard the lion (in his/her den)idiom
bed
cut
grip
have it out with someoneidiom
hold
hold onidiom
I/I've got thisidiom
ill-prepared
square
tend to someone/something
to get a handle on somethingidiom
to have a handle on somethingidiom
tough
tough something out
weather

handleverb (TOUCH)

C2[ T ]
to pick something up and touch, hold, or move it with your hands: （用手）触摸，拿，搬动
Always wash your hands before handling food.拿食物之前一定要洗手。
Please don't handle the vases - they're very fragile.请不要触碰花瓶，它们极易破碎。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Touching & feeling
arm
brush against someone/something
dab at something
felt
fiddle
fiddle (around) with something
get to second baseidiom
graze
kiss
nudge
paw
pet
physical contact
play with something
retexture
second base
tactile
tactilely
touch
toy

handleverb (OPERATE)

[ T ]
to operate or control something that could be difficult or dangerous: 操作，控制（困难或危险的事物）
Have you ever handled a gun before?你以前打过枪吗？
[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
If a car handles well, it is easy and pleasant to drive.（汽车）驾驶起来

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling and being in charge
aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
get/fall into the wrong handsidiom
govern
guiding principle
paternalistically
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
slow
tame
what someone says, goesidiom
wrangle
wrangler

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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles

handleverb (SELL)

[ T ]
to buy and sell goods: 买卖（商品）
We only handle cosmetics that have not been tested on animals.我们只经营未在动物身上做过试验的化妆品。
mainly UKHe's been arrested for handling stolen goods.他因倒卖赃物被捕。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Buying & selling - general words
all-you-can-eat
anti-consumer
anti-dumping
back order
barter
dealership
desk research
distribution channel
do business with someone/something
dumping
ebay
hock
out of business
pawn
pre-emption
pre-order
procurement
shelf
tender
the bottom drops/falls out of the marketidiom

handle | American Dictionary

handle
verb[ T ]
us/ˈhæn·dəl/

handleverb[T] (TOUCH)

to lift something and touch, hold, or move it with your hands:
Please handle the old photographs carefully.

handleverb[T] (DEAL WITH)

to deal with, have responsibility for, or be in charge of something:
Who handles the marketing in your company?
Some managers have no idea how to handle people.
handle
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhæn·dəl/

handlenoun[C] (TOUCH)

a part of an object designed for holding, moving, or carrying the object:
the handle of a shovel
I can’t pick the pot up – the handle’s too hot.

handle | Business English

handle
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈhændl/us
to deal with something difficult:
handle pressure/stress/problemsIt was a job that taught me how to handle pressure and use it to my advantage.
to deal with something or someone such as money, goods, or customers:
Your financial adviser can handle all the details of purchasing shares.
to be responsible for organizing or managing something or someone:
The office in Europe also handles marketing for the region.
COMMERCE
to buy and sell goods:
We only handle cosmetics which have not been tested on animals.
COMMERCE
to move or store goods:
The distribution company handles around 45 per cent of all the milk produced in the UK.
He admitted handling stolen goods.
to use your hands to move or hold something:
Staff are trained and equipped to handle hazardous materials.
handle
noun
uk /ˈhændl/us
 get/have a handle on sthinformal
to understand something or be able to deal with something:
By coming in early and staying late she started to get a handle on the problem.

Examples of handle

handle
Ways of handling the difficulties experienced by focus group participants were highlighted in the later enumerator training sessions before the actual survey was conducted.
Here the judgment was made regardless of the way in which the materials were handled or treated, or any utterances that the child made.
Effect of neonatal handling on age-related impairments associated with the hippocampus.
Postnatal handling attenuates neuroendocrine, anatomical, and cognitive impairments related to the aged hippocampus.
The other cases are handled in the same way.
Both these senses are claimed to be uniformly handled by her account, which consists in the following two claims.
With extensive willow beds this method of control presents some difficulty, since only part of the crop could be handled in the period suggested.
The o(2) norm is handled in the same way.
She covers about 800 advertisements in different written genres, which makes her study wider because she handles advertising as well as business names.
All responses are being handled collectively, without identifying any particular respondent in the summary of results.
A very convenient non-standard method for handling the singular perturbation problems for any limiting case will be presented.
To encourage the development of parental confidence and skills in handling and feeding which reduces parental anxiety, increases their sense of competency and controllability.
Replicated loop designs are very convenient and efficient designs for handling this latter situation.
However, traditional multivariate analysis is incapable of handling such a high dimensionality of the multivariate model.
The recorded animals remained in their full-sib groups and any difference between them is due to handling frequency.
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Collocations withhandle

handle

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bolt handle
In the stock, a recess had to be made to accommodate the turned-down bolthandle modification.
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