get one's head around

verb

To understand; fathom; solve.

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Meanings

verbget one's head around (third-person singular simple present gets one's head around, present participle getting one's head around, simple past got one's head around, past participle (UK) got one's head around or (US) gotten one's head around)

present singular third person gets one's head around · participle present getting one's head around · past got one's head around · UK participle past got one's head around · US participle past gotten one's head around

  1. informaltransitiveTo understand; fathom; solve.

    How did you get this number? / I can't get my head 'round you

    2002, Frou Frou, “Psychobabble”, in Detail
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    When my mum did pass away I fell out with God because I couldn't get my head around why he'd taken away the one person that we needed in our lives, because dad was no good to us.

    2009, Wahida Shaffi, Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women's Voices, →ISBN

    Throughout this book I have been trying to get my head around my head. And now I am about to try to get my head around the very processes by which I have been trying to get my head around itself: I am going to think about thought.

    2014, Raymond Tallis, The Kingdom of Infinite Space […] , Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 274

    Synonyms: wrap one's head around

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo understand; fathom; solve.

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APA

get one's head around. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20head%20around

MLA

“get one's head around.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20head%20around. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get one's head around,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20head%20around.

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