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

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

While all players have been experiencing difficulties, commercial broadcasters have struggled to get to grips with declining traditional ad spend as advertisers migrate to digital. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025

Fritz was unable to get to grips with Monfils’ varied game from the baseline, while the Frenchman’s serve was at times an unstoppable weapon. —Matias Grez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025

One-and-a-half days is not a lot of time to get to grips with a new car. —Luke Smith, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025

Quelle surprise: a squad built with piecemeal incompetence (and for other coaches) is struggling to get to grips with Amorim’s system. —Phil Hay, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024

And that task is the toughest to get to grips with. —Michael Cox, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024

Canva Canva is well known as an intuitive, powerful suite of graphic tools that anyone can get to grips with—and building résumés is one more task that Canva can tackle with ease. —David Nield, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2022