Meaning: agrippa

n.
Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)

grip Idiom, Proverb

come to grips with

accept the truth, face facts I am finally coming to grips with my divorce. I'm accepting it.

get a grip

be realistic, be serious, get serious You expect to get A's without studying? Get a grip!

get a grip of oneself

take control of one

get a grip on yourself

control yourself, do not be so emotional "When he cried, she said, ""Get a grip on yourself, Dear."""

grip

1. ability on the microphone
2. gun
3. money

lose one's grip

Idiom(s): lose one's grip

Theme: CONTROL - END

to lose control (over something).
• I can't seem to run things the way I used to. I'm losing my grip.
• They replaced the board of directors because it was losing its grip.

Come to grips

If you come to grips with a problem or issue, you face up to it and deal with it.

Get to grips

If you get to grips with something, you take control and do it properly.

come to grips with|come|grips

v. phr. 1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting. After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other. 2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem). Mr. Blake's leaching helps students come to grips with the important ideas in the history lesson. Harry cannot be a leader, because he never quite comes to grips with a problem.
Compare: COME TO TERMS².

get a grip on|get|get a grip|grip

v. phr. To take firm control of something. If Tim wants to keep his job, he had better get a grip on himself and start working harder.
Antonym: LOSE ONE'S GRIP.

lose one's grip|grip|lose

v. phr. To fail in control or command; lose your strength, force, or ability to lead. Mr. Jones began to lose his grip: he no longer wanted the hard jobs, and he left decisions to others. When a locomotive engineer loses his grip, he is no longer trusted with express runs.

get a grip on

get a grip on
Also, have a grip on. Obtain mastery or control over something or someone. For example, Get a grip on yourself or the reporters will give you a hard time, or, as Arthur Conan Doyle put it in Sherlock Holmes (1894): “I have a grip on the essential facts of the case.” This expression transfers a firm physical hold to emotional or intellectual control. [Late 1800s]

handgrip

handgrip
come to handgrips
to engage in hand-to-hand fighting