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grasp all, lose all	one who wants everything, may lose it all	Rate it: (2.00 / 4 votes)
Grasp at Straws	Making a futile effort at something, trying to find a way in trouble when it is unlikely to succeed	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grasp at straws	To guess randomly at or pursue any apparent option, as due to lack of options or information.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grasp the nettle	To act boldly, especially when there are short-term adverse consequences.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take to	To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.	Rate it: (4.50 / 8 votes)
hang on	To hold, grasp, or grip.	Rate it: (4.25 / 4 votes)
hold on	To hold, grasp, or grip.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
jack of all trades, master of none	A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
pick up	To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
animo, mente, cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, complecti	to grasp a thing mentally.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
come to grips	seize the day! grasp the meaning, act upon the challenge, address the issue, issue stringent directives, take command, show 'em who's boss!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
deliver the message to garcia	...grasp the demands and exactions of business life. He learns that the main thing to do is to "deliver the message to Garcia"....	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fortunam in manibus habere	to have success in one's grasp.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get it	To understand, comprehend, or grasp.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grab at	To grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have a handle on	To be in control; to understand or grasp.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hit the nail on the head!	To do something perfectly, to give a textbook answer to a question that shows you grasp the concept at hand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold on	maintain a grasp	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold somebody's hand	To grasp or hold a person's hand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold someone's hand	To grasp or hold a person's hand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
key into	To grasp; to understand the overall concept of or be acutely aware of the underlying and essential meaning of something; to get it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
latch on	To grasp firmly; to become attached to.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
miss the point	To fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
none the wiser	Completely unaware of something due to information not being uniformly disclosed or because other parties have intentionally withheld it; Can also mean: unable to grasp, understand, or comprehend something even after having been adequately briefed	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on it	In full control and having full grasp of the situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
penitus percipere et comprehendere aliquid (De Or. 1. 23. 108)	to have a thorough grasp of a subject.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pick up	To lift; to grasp and raise.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pogner	to grab, to grasp	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
qui trop embrasse mal étreint	Grasp all, lose all.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
seize upon	To grasp or take hold of suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
seize upon	To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to; to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shake hands	To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
snatch the pebble	To fully grasp the meaning of a concept or developed a skill to a high degree of proficiency, often that rivals some specific expert.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take someone's point	To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the point	To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)