VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Get To Grips With

Meaning:

To begin to understand and deal with something

Examples:

  • Iris, Iris, I know this is hard to get to grips with.
  • There is an issue that I think the Finnish Presidency should get to grips with.
  • What we have to do is get to grips with how we put it into practice.
  • This is therefore an incredibly important issue for us to get to grips with.
  • Finally, we must get to grips with the problem of the EU’s increased ecological footprint.
  • Any committee of inquiry must get to grips with this central question about the efficiency of infringement proceedings.
  • It will, for example, take at least 20 years to get to grips with the housing shortage.
  • I cleaned the bathroom, talked to you, had lunch, since then I've been struggling to get to grips with the accounts.
  • Ninth, the Cyprus problem is something we want to get to grips with, and for this we need Turkey's cooperation.
  • These are all things that we must, of course, get to grips with in a way that takes account of the long term.