Thesaurus / come grips with
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synonyms for come grips with
- begin
- deal with
- engage in
- take on
- try
- undertake
- work on
- accept
- attack
- attempt
- essay
- launch
- apply oneself
- bang away at
- come to grips with
- devote oneself to
- embark upon
- give a try
- give a whirl
- go for it
- make a run at
- pitch into
- set about
- square off
- start the ball rolling
- take a shot at
- take in hand
- take on
- try on for size
- turn one's hand to
- turn to
- bear
- bite the bullet
- brace
- brave
- confront
- contend
- cope with
- endure
- face
- go to the mat
- grapple with
- make a stand
- stomach
- suffer
- sustain
- take
- withstand
- be a target
- be a whipping boy
- come to grips with
- court disaster
- face criticism
- face one's punishment
- go in harm's way
- go through fire and water
- march up to the cannon's mouth
- meet head-on
- take one's life in one's hands
- take potshots
- take the bull by the horns
- be punished
- bite the bullet
- come to grips with
- face the facts
- face up to
- face up to it
- grin and bear it
- look square in the eye
- make one's bed and lie on it
- pay the piper
- swallow the pill
- take one's lumps
- take one's medicine
- take the consequences
On this page you'll find 86 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to come grips with, such as: begin, deal/deal with, engage in, take on, try, and undertake.
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How to use come grips with in a sentence
In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHe reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESVicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThis wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLOne of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThe policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSNever was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANI am therefore quite sure I shall be content to await his father's consent, should it not come these many years.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.
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