come to grips with

1. Confront squarely, deal decisively with, as in Her stories help the children come to grips with upsetting events. This term, sometimes put as get to grips with, employs grip in the sense of a “tight hold.” [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

“I’m hoping that they’ll come to grips with how the American people are suffering,” said another.

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Meanwhile, in Utah, witnesses, law enforcement and state and local leaders continue to come to grips with the trauma of the day.

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The film is a deep act of respect to the rites of one of the group’s most passionate fan bases, whose practices helped Fletcher’s survivors come to grips with the mystery of death in their own band.

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“Climate warming is driving this drying of the Colorado River Basin for the long term, so we really need to come to grips with doing this great rebalancing act,” he said.

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So trust me when I say that I can’t quite come to grips with my new habit, one that I’m hugely embarrassed to be admitting in public.

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