- get to grips
- Get to gripsIf you get to grips with something, you take control and do it properly.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
get to grips
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get to grips — verb deal with (a problem or a subject) I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents • Syn: ↑come to grips • Hypernyms: ↑manage, ↑deal, ↑care, ↑handle • Verb Fr … Useful english dictionary
get to grips — If you get to grips with something, you take control and do it properly. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
get to grips with something — get/come/to grips with something phrase to start to deal with a problem, situation, or job that you have to do So far we have failed to come to grips with the magnitude of this problem. Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym to try to deal… … Useful english dictionary
get to grips with something — come/get to grips with (something) to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation. It s further proof of the government s failure to get to grips with two of the most important social issues of our time … New idioms dictionary
get to grips with — come/get to grips with (something) to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation. It s further proof of the government s failure to get to grips with two of the most important social issues of our time … New idioms dictionary
get to grips with — informal (smb/smth) struggle (successfully) with an idea or problem She has finally been able to come to grips with her husband s drinking. I have enjoyed all your books, but do you really get to grips with people? I doubt it.(L.P.Hartley) … Idioms and examples
get to grips with — ► come (or get) to grips with 1) engage in combat with. 2) begin to deal with or understand. Main Entry: ↑grip … English terms dictionary
get to grips with — verb a) To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on. b) To battle (with something). Syn: come to grips … Wiktionary
come (or get) to grips with — 1》 engage in combat with. 2》 begin to deal with or understand. → grip … English new terms dictionary
come/get to grips with — DEAL WITH, cope with, handle, grasp, grasp the nettle of, tackle, undertake, take on, grapple with, face, face up to, confront. → grip … Useful english dictionary
