come to grips with something

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come to grips with something — idiom

1. to start to understand, accept, and deal with a difficult problem, situation, or

1.idiom
Definition

to start to understand, accept, and deal with a difficult problem, situation, or unpleasant truth

Example

It took Ezra months to come to grips with the death of his grandmother.

The city is still coming to grips with the damage caused by the flood.