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
Feofan	-	Russian (Archaic)
Khariton	-	Russian
Jove	JOV (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Siiri	SEE:-ree (Finnish)	Estonian, Finnish
Dave	DAYV	English
Kierra	kee-ER-ə	English (Modern)