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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
Sense 1
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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