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.