"come to grips" meaning in English

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      "form": "comes to grips",
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      "form": "came to grips",
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  "pos": "verb",
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              19,
              32
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          ],
          "text": "The armies finally came to grips at Stalingrad.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To confront each other decisively."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of two opponents) To confront each other decisively."
      ],
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        "of two opponents"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "sense": "to confront directly",
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          "word": "get to grips"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vodja shvatka",
          "sense": "to confront decisively",
          "word": "водя схватка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sblǎskvam se",
          "sense": "to confront decisively",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сблъсквам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sblǎskam se",
          "sense": "to confront decisively",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "сблъскам се"
        }
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          "text": "It was not until five years after graduation that she finally came to grips and began a career.",
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          "text": "The country is coming to grips and accepting its responsibilities.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To attempt to face or resolve an internal contradiction or difficulty."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To attempt to face or resolve an internal contradiction or difficulty."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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  "word": "come to grips"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "come to grips with"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes to grips",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming to grips",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came to grips",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "come to grips",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To confront each other decisively."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, of two opponents) To confront each other decisively."
      ],
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              15,
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          "text": "The country is coming to grips and accepting its responsibilities.",
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        "To attempt to face or resolve an internal contradiction or difficulty."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To attempt to face or resolve an internal contradiction or difficulty."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to confront directly",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "get to grips"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vodja shvatka",
      "sense": "to confront decisively",
      "word": "водя схватка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sblǎskvam se",
      "sense": "to confront decisively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сблъсквам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sblǎskam se",
      "sense": "to confront decisively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сблъскам се"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come to grips"
}