Get a grip

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To grip, as in: to take hold of, as with the hand.

    "But the bannock ran […] down the road to the next house, and in and snug by the fireside. The folk were just sitting down to their soup, and the goodwife scraping the pot. "Look," quoth she, "there's a wee bannock come in to warm itself at our fireside." "Shut the door," quoth the goodman, "and we'll try to get a grip of it." When the bannock heard that, it ran out of the house and they after it with their spoons, […]"

  2. 2
    To attain the understanding of a complex topic.

    "[…] the great antiquarian, Duald MacFirbis […], who was able to penetrate and get a grip of the long forgotten language of the ancient law tracts […]"

  3. 3
    To come to one's senses and become more rational after having experienced a strong emotion. idiomatic, imperative

    "He needs to get a grip if he's getting that angry over such a little thing."

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