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GET TO GRIPS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does get to grips mean?

• GET TO GRIPS (verb)
The verb GET TO GRIPS has 1 sense:

1. deal with (a problem or a subject)

Familiarity information: GET TO GRIPS used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GET TO GRIPS (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Deal with (a problem or a subject)

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

come to grips; get to grips

Context example:

I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents

Hypernyms (to "get to grips" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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