come to grips

come to grips
a) To confront each other decisively.

The armies finally came to grips at Stalingrad.

b) To attempt to face or resolve an internal contradiction or difficulty.

It was not until five years after graduation that she finally came to grips and began a career.

Syn: get to grips

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  • come to grips — If you come to grips with a problem or issue, you face up to it and deal with it …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • come to grips — verb deal with (a problem or a subject) (Freq. 4) I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents • Syn: ↑get to grips • Hypernyms: ↑manage, ↑deal, ↑care, ↑handle …   Useful english dictionary

  • come to grips —    If you come to grips with a problem or issue, you face up to it and deal with it.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you come to grips with a problem or situation, you start to understand or deal with it properly.     After the initial …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • come to grips with — come (or get) to grips with engage in combat with they never came to grips with the enemy ■ begin to deal with or understand a real tough problem to come to grips with * * * come to grips with see ↑grip, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑come …   Useful english dictionary

  • come to grips with something — come to grips with (something) to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation. The whole community is struggling to come to grips with these kids deaths. Related vocabulary: come to terms with something …   New idioms dictionary

  • come to grips with — (something) to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation. The whole community is struggling to come to grips with these kids deaths. Related vocabulary: come to terms with something …   New idioms dictionary

  • come 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

  • come to grips with — {v. phr.} 1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting. * /After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other./ 2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem). * /Mr. Blake s leaching helps students… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come to grips with — {v. phr.} 1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting. * /After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other./ 2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem). * /Mr. Blake s leaching helps students… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come\ to\ grips\ with — v. phr. 1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting. After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other. 2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem). Mr. Blake s leaching helps students come to… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • come 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

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