come to grips with

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come to grips with

verb comes to grips with · coming to grips with · came to grips with · come to grips with

  1. idiomatic To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation. Until she comes to grips with her mother's death, she has no hope of putting it behind her.

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@misc{come_to_grips_with_2026,
  title = {come to grips with},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20to%20grips%20with},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}