Usually means: Understand and accept a situation.
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  1. come to grips with: Merriam-Webster
  2. come to grips with: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. come to grips with: Wiktionary
  4. come to grips with: Dictionary.com
  5. come to grips with: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. come to grips with: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (come to grips with)

verb:  (idiomatic) To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.

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