get arms around

get your arms around something

to feel confident that you have a good understanding of something that is complicated There are so many different aspects of the energy situation that it's hard to get your arms around it.

Related vocabulary: get your mind around something

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ali	['a:li]
Thamina	-	Arabic
Midas	MIE-dəs (English)	Greek Mythology
Basim	-	Arabic
Lyall	-	English (Rare)
Vivek	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali