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animo, mente, cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, complectito grasp a thing mentally.Rate it:

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come to gripsseize the day! grasp the meaning, act upon the challenge, address the issue, issue stringent directives, take command, show 'em who's boss!Rate it:

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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:

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fortunam in manibus habereto have success in one's grasp.Rate it:

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get itTo understand, comprehend, or grasp.Rate it:

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grab atTo grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.Rate it:

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grasp all, lose allone who wants everything, may lose it allRate it:

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Grasp at StrawsMaking a futile effort at something, trying to find a way in trouble when it is unlikely to succeedRate it:

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grasp at strawsTo guess randomly at or pursue any apparent option, as due to lack of options or information.Rate it:

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grasp the nettleTo act boldly, especially when there are short-term adverse consequences.Rate it:

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hang onTo hold, grasp, or grip.Rate it:

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have a handle onTo be in control; to understand or grasp.Rate it:

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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:

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hold onTo hold, grasp, or grip.Rate it:

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hold onmaintain a graspRate it:

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hold somebody's handTo grasp or hold a person's hand.Rate it:

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hold someone's handTo grasp or hold a person's hand.Rate it:

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jack of all trades, master of noneA person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.Rate it:

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key intoTo grasp; to understand the overall concept of or be acutely aware of the underlying and essential meaning of something; to get it.Rate it:

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latch onTo grasp firmly; to become attached to.Rate it:

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miss the pointTo fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance.Rate it:

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none the wiserCompletely 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 briefedRate it:

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on itIn full control and having full grasp of the situation.Rate it:

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penitus percipere et comprehendere aliquid (De Or. 1. 23. 108)to have a thorough grasp of a subject.Rate it:

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pick upTo learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.Rate it:

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pick upTo lift; to grasp and raise.Rate it:

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pognerto grab, to graspRate it:

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qui trop embrasse mal étreintGrasp all, lose all.Rate it:

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seize uponTo take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to; to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.Rate it:

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seize uponTo grasp or take hold of suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.Rate it:

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shake handsTo grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.Rate it:

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snatch the pebbleTo 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:

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take someone's pointTo grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying.Rate it:

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take the pointTo grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.Rate it:

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take toTo adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.Rate it:

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