get to grips with

Register · Neutral Neutral — appropriate in most situations, both spoken and written, without sounding too casual or too stiff. CEFR B2

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Example

“It took me a week to get to grips with the new software.”

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come to grips with

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Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.

get one's head (a)round Informal · CEFR B2

to manage to understand something difficult or surprising

throw somebody in at the deep end Informal · CEFR B2

to make someone start a difficult task with little preparation or help

wrap your head around something Informal · CEFR B2

To fully understand something complicated.

back to basics Neutral · CEFR B1

returning to the simple, fundamental principles of an activity

easier said than done Neutral · CEFR B1

Something that sounds simple to do but is actually hard.

from scratch Informal · CEFR B1

from the very beginning, without using anything prepared earlier

Source methodology

Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.

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