come to grips with
To confront or deal with directlyTo confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.
Until she comes to grips with her mother's death, she has no hope of putting it behind her.
etwas anpacken, in den Griff bekommen, mit etwas klarkommen
Examples
2580 sentencesWhy aren't you coming with us?
Чому ти не йдеш з нами? — deniko
ruПочему ты не идёшь с нами? — marafon
deWieso kommst du nicht mit uns? — MUIRIEL
You have to come with me.
Ти маєш піти зі мною. — deniko
ruТы должен пойти со мной. — marafon
deSie müssen mit mir kommen. — MUIRIEL
He wanted to come with us.
Він хотів піти з нами. — deniko
ruОн хотел прийти с нами. — papersaltserver
deEr wollte mit uns kommen. — MUIRIEL
What have you come up with?
Що ти придумав? — deniko
ruЧто вы придумали? — odexed
deWas hast du dir ausgedacht? — Felixjp
I won't be coming with you.
Я не піду з тобою. — deniko
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
comes to grips with, coming to grips with, came to grips with, come to grips with| Base form | come to grips with · to come to grips with |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes to grips with |
| Present participle | coming to grips with |
| Past simple | came to grips with |
| Past participle | come to grips with |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.