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come to grips with

VERB
deal with
Synonyms
WEAK
bear bite the bullet brace brave confront contend cope with endure face go to the mat grapple with make a stand stomach suffer sustain take withstand

Example Sentences

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Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

U.S. companies and the federal government, meanwhile, haven’t yet come to grips with Americans’ longer lives, Stern says.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Previously unseen bodycam footage taken after the collapse shows first responders and officials struggling to come to grips with the enormity of what they faced in the confusing hours after the crash.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

“We have to come to grips with where are the wells, how much is being pumped.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2024

“I was ten. The guests were their age. Don’t make excuses for them. I have to come to grips with this now and forever.”

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson