get to grips with

idiom

British

: to begin to understand or deal with (something, such as a problem) in a direct or effective way

The government needs to get to grips with the unemployment problem.

Examples of get to grips with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, Neanderthals didn’t seem to get to grips with these innovations and faded out around the same time. —New Atlas, 10 May 2025

Coming off a seven-game slugfest against the Houston Rockets, Golden State raced into an early lead against a sluggish-looking Minnesota team which struggled to get to grips with the Warriors’ dynamic ball-movement and shooting. —Ben Morse, CNN Money, 7 May 2025

Finally, get to grips with the fact that this dataset only includes passwords that have become publicly available in criminal forums online. —Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

Amy Nguyen is a writer covering sustainable business and supply chains For fashion to get serious about the decarbonization of its supply chains, industry players must get to grips with electrification and hone in on low carbon thermal energy sources. —Amy Nguyen, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

It's built on OpenAI technology, so language processing is sophisticated and accurate, and the user interface is super simple and easy for anyone to get to grips with. —Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

Hopefully Yuki can get to grips with the car and to get in the mix too. —Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025

The extension of the support service over the phone with English-speaking representatives around the clock should help the company’s customers get to grips with the advanced features that are constantly being updated on RØDE’s products through regular firmware updates. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

Tackling An Endemic Issue Action for Freelancers’ inauspicious start to life may fail to inspire confidence that the UK industry can get to grips with endemic issues surrounding bullying and misconduct. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025