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Verb: get to grips
Usage: Brit
  1. Deal with (a problem or a subject)
    "We need to get to grips with this issue before it escalates";
    - come to grips

Derived forms: gets to grips, got to grips, getting to grips

Type of: care, deal, handle, manage