come to grips

Had he finally come to grips with what he'd done?

And the international community has to come to grips with that fact.

We'd little fear they would try to come to grips with us in the house.

And she's going to have to come to grips with time, the doctor says.

Some might just be trying to come to grips with what they love.

They at least were something he could come to grips with.

For now, people still seem to be coming to grips with what happened.

"The city now is trying to come to grips with the problems he left."

He couldn't quite come to grips with what she was saying.

What he wanted was to come to grips with something.