find (one's) bearings

To recognize or determine one's orientation, position, or abilities relative to one's surroundings or situation. It took me a little while to find my bearings in the new office, but after a week, I felt as if I'd been working there for years. We need to get above the treeline if we're going to find our bearings and reach the campsite before dark.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tennyson	TEN-ə-sən	English (Rare)
Ukko	OOK-ko (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Tawnie	TAW-nee	English (Rare)
Aretas	-	Biblical
Hunt	[hʌnt]
Demyan	dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian