get to grips with
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get to grips with
verb gets to grips with · getting to grips with · got to grips with · gotten to grips with
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To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on.
Similar: come to grips
- To battle (with something). Estonia were struggling to get to grips with the game while Ireland were showing a composure and guile that demonstrated their experience in play-off ties.
- To gain an understanding (of something). […] autism is the integral explanation of the phenomenon Kafka in all its expressions, and autism can explain the mystery of Kafka like no other of the interpretations proposed by literary scholars and critics in the history of Kafka research. […] The search by Kafka in his writing was for the unkno
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verb to gain an understanding
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