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
See also: arm, around, get

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Winnie['wini:]
Filippus-Dutch
Meshullam-Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Henson['hensən]
Duci-Hungarian
Bradley['brædli]