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Definition

To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.

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In Context

  • "Until she comes to grips with her mother's death, she has no hope of putting it behind her."
  • "On Thursday, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, put the sale of the company’s “noncore” channels, including ABC and FX, on the table. He called the decline in traditional television “a reality we have to come to grips with.”"
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