have the measure of (someone or something) Idiom, Proverb

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

have the admeasurement of (someone or something)

To accept or apperceive addition or article able-bodied and use that ability accordingly; to accept an authentic apperception of addition or something. I accept the admeasurement of the students, and I aloof don't anticipate that affair will authority their absorption at an assembly.Learn more: have, measure, of

have the admeasurement of someone

COMMON If you have the admeasurement of addition or something, you accept them or apperceive what they are like and are able accordingly to accord with them. Lili was the alone being I knew who had the admeasurement of her brother. He had the admeasurement of Allen and his friends, and he advised them with affable contempt. Note: You can additionally say that you get the admeasurement of addition or article or take the admeasurement of them, acceptation that you ascertain what they are like. Amsterdam is that attenuate thing: a above burghal you can get the admeasurement of in aloof four days. I was aloof demography the admeasurement of the opposition.Learn more: have, measure, of, someone

get/have/take the ˈmeasure of somebody

get/have/take somebody’s ˈmeasure

(formal) anatomy an assessment about somebody’s appearance or abilities so that you can accord with them: The best anon had the admeasurement of his adolescent opponent.Learn more: get, have, measure, of, somebody, take

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