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]
See also: get, grip, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Amal (1)-Arabic
Elyse-English
Kiana (2)-African American
Farah-Arabic
MartheMAHRT (French)French, Norwegian
Hila-Hebrew