get mind around

get your mind around something

to succeed in understanding something difficult or strange I still can't get my mind around the cruel things she said last night.

Related vocabulary: get your arms around something

get your mind around something

to succeed in understanding something difficult or strange (usually negative) I still can't get my mind around the strange things she said that night.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shoshana	-	Hebrew
Daryush	-	Persian
Koos	KO:S	Dutch
Kichiro	kee-chee-ṙo:	Japanese
Folke	FOL-ke (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Hortensia	-	Ancient Roman, Spanish