Meanings
present singular third person comes to grips with · participle present coming to grips with · past came to grips with
- idiomaticTo confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.
Until she comes to grips with her mother's death, she has no hope of putting it behind her.
1 more example
On Thursday, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, put the sale of the company’s “noncore” channels, including ABC and FX, on the table. He called the decline in traditional television “a reality we have to come to grips with.”
2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, quoting Robert A. Iger, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Finnish käsitellä
- käsitelläto confront directly
French faire face
- faire faceto confront directly
German etwas anpacken, in den Griff bekommen
- etwas anpackento confront directly
- in den Griff bekommento confront directly
- mit etwas klarkommento confront directly
- mit etwas umgehento confront directly
- sich in etwas einarbeitento confront directly
- etwas bewältigento confront directly
Italian fare i conti
- fare i contito confront directly
Japanese 踏み込む
- 踏み込む (fumikomu)to confront directly
Polish zmierzyć się, uporać się
- zmierzyć sięto confront directly
- uporać sięto confront directly
Cite this entry
come to grips with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20grips%20with
“come to grips with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20grips%20with. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come to grips with,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20grips%20with.
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