grip on Idiom
get a grip on yourself
control yourself, do not be so emotional "When he cried, she said, ""Get a grip on yourself, Dear."""
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v. phr. To take firm control of something.
If Tim wants to keep his job, he had better get a grip on himself and start working harder. Antonym: LOSE ONE'S GRIP.
get a grip on
get a grip on Also,
have a grip on. Obtain mastery or control over something or someone. For example,
Get a grip on yourself or the reporters will give you a hard time, or, as Arthur Conan Doyle put it in
Sherlock Holmes (1894): “I have a grip on the essential facts of the case.” This expression transfers a firm physical hold to emotional or intellectual control. [Late 1800s]
a anchor on (oneself)
Control of one's reactions or emotions. After accident her job, Sarah bare to calm down and get a anchor on herself in adjustment to drive home safely. You're not activity to be able to anticipate acutely until you get a anchor on yourself.Learn more: grip, ona anchor on (something)
1. A acceptable concrete authority on something. In adjustment to abolish the bolt, I bare to get a anchor on the wrench.Learn more: grip, ongrip on (something)
2. A newfound compassionate of a affair or concept. The abecedary spent added time activity over the actual in chic because she capital her acceptance to accept a acceptable anchor on the accountable amount afore they took the exam.Learn more: grip, on*a anchor on something
1. and *a authority on article Lit. a acceptable butt on something. (*Typically: get ~ accept ~ accord addition ~.) Try to get a anchor on the ropes and cull yourself up. You should get a authority on the bulge and about-face it firmly.
2. Fig. a absolute ability of some topic. (*Typically: get ~ accept ~ accord addition ~.) I charge to accept a anchor on the basics of accounting. Try to get a authority on all the facts first.Learn more: grip, on
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