Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK, idiomatic)To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on.

  2. (UK, idiomatic)To battle (with something).

  3. (UK, idiomatic)To gain an understanding (of something).

Examples

2328 sentences
  1. Everything eventually gets easier with practice.

    Із практикою все з часом стає простіше. — uaspeaker

    ruС практикой всё со временем становится проще. — Hellerick

  2. Tom got very angry with Mary.

    Том дуже розсердився на Мері. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruТом весьма рассердился на Мэри. — corvard

    deTom wurde sehr wütend auf Maria. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I can't get along with him.

    Я з ним не можу поладити. — deniko

    ruЯ не могу с ним ужиться. — Hellerick

    deIch komme mit ihm nicht aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I'll get in touch with you.

    Я з вами зв'яжуся. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ с вами свяжусь. — odexed

  5. We'll get in touch with Tom.

    Ми зв'яжемося з Томом. — deniko

    ruМы свяжемся с Томом. — marafon

Translations

1 languages

Forms

gets to grips with, getting to grips with, got to grips with, got to grips with
Base formget to grips with · to get to grips with
3rd person singulargets to grips with
Present participlegetting to grips with
Past simplegot to grips with
Past participlegot to grips with / gotten to grips with

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget to grips with
he, she, itgets to grips with

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot to grips with

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got to grips with
he, she, ithas got to grips with

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get to grips with

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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