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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)


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