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It isn't quite up to the New York Post's gold standard -- "Headless Man Found in Topless Bar" -- but the Post's "Fear Grips
Google" story over the weekend
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come/get to grips with sth
The word of God is on the move in London — literally. Beginning Feb. 9, three separate Christian groups will launch advertisements on more than 200 of London's buses to convince pedestrians of
God's existence. "It may be unpopular and unpleasant," says David Larlham, assistant general secretary of London's Trinitarian Bible Society, a group that distributes
Bibles worldwide. "But there is a whole lot of truth in the Bible that people need to get to grips with." His organization has paid $50,000 to display posters on 125 of London's
red double-decker buses that quote Psalm 53: "The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God."
come/get to grips with sth
to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation:
The government have failed to come to grips with the two most important social issues of our time.
I can't seem to get to grips with this problem.
come (or get) to grips with
Engage in combat with: British forces never came to grips with the enemy
Begin to deal with or understand: a real tough problem to come to grips with
gold standard noun [S]
a system of providing and controlling the exchange of money in a country, in which the value of money (relative to foreign money) is fixed against that of gold
grip
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grip
verb
(grips, gripping, gripped)
[with object]
1Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly: his knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel
1.1 [no object] Maintain a firm contact, especially by friction: a sole that really grips well on wet rock
2(Of an emotion or situation) have a strong or adverse effect on: she was gripped by a feeling of excitement the country was gripped by recession
2.1Firmly hold the attention or interest of: we were gripped by the drama
noun
2 [in singular] Effective control over something: he had to take a grip on his nerves 1 [in singular] A firm hold; a tight grasp: his arm was held in a vice-like grip • figurative the icy grip of winter
1.1A manner of holding something: I’ve changed my grip and my backswing
1.2 [mass noun] The ability of something, especially a wheel or shoe, to maintain a firm contact with a surface: these shoes have got no grip
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2.1An understanding of something: you’ve got a good grip on what’s going on
3A part or attachment by which something is held in the hand: handlebar grips
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4A travelling bag: a grip crammed with new clothes
5A stagehand in a theatre.
5.1A member of a camera crew responsible for moving and setting up equipment.
[usually in imperative] •
informal Keep or recover one’s self-control: get a grip, guys!
in the grip of
Dominated or affected by something undesirable or adverse: Britain was in the grip of a crime wave
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lose one's grip
Become unable to understand or control one’s situation: an elderly person who seems to be losing his grip
Origin
Old English grippa (verb),
gripe 'grasp, clutch' (noun),
gripa 'handful, sheath'; related to
gripe.
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