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come to grips with
Confront squarely, deal decisively with, as in Her stories help the children come to grips with upsetting events. This term, sometimes put as get to grips with, employs grip in the sense of a “tight hold.” [Mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
“Climate warming is driving this drying of the Colorado River Basin for the long term, so we really need to come to grips with doing this great rebalancing act,” he said.
So trust me when I say that I can’t quite come to grips with my new habit, one that I’m hugely embarrassed to be admitting in public.
And, to be sure, we saw some of the worst of humanity in the early response to the game, as a toxic segment of the gaming community couldn’t come to grips with the centering of LGBTQ+ characters while leaving less significant roles to some of the popular characters from the first part.
Palmer is only starting to come to grips with that.
Previously unseen bodycam footage taken after the collapse shows first responders and officials struggling to come to grips with the enormity of what they faced in the confusing hours after the crash.
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