Verb
(idiomatic, chiefly UK) To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on.
(idiomatic, chiefly UK) To battle (with something).
(idiomatic, chiefly UK) To gain an understanding (of something).
Source: en.wiktionary.orgOne thing is certain: wherever the enemy lands, if once we can get to grips with him on the Continent, where we are not dependent on supplies from overseas, that ought to be, and will be, all right with us. Heinrich Himmler
I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn't identify with the person on the screen. I couldn't get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else. George Best
I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money. Rufus Wainwright
Dividing everybody into genders and sexuality and races and religions, and I think its important to have films out there, to have discussions out there which really try to get to grips with where that kind of thing can lead. Chiwetel Ejiofor
I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it. Jo Brand