get bearings

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get your bearings

to feel sure of your abilities Lonely and upset, she moved in with her parents to try to get her bearings.

Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by lose your bearings: For a short time after my mother died, my father seemed to lose his bearings.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bearings (your position in relation to other things)

See also: bearing, get

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