COME TO GRIPS

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does come to grips mean? 

• COME TO GRIPS (verb)
  The verb COME TO GRIPS has 1 sense:

1. deal with (a problem or a subject)

  Familiarity information: COME TO GRIPS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME TO GRIPS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deal with (a problem or a subject)

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

come to grips; get to grips

Context example:

I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents

Hypernyms (to "come to grips" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something