get (one's) arms around (something)

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get (one's) arms around (something)

To understand something that is challenging or confusing. It took a while, but I've finally gotten my arms around this chapter in my calculus textbook.

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get (one's) head around (something)
get your head around something
get your head round something
get (one's) mind around (something)
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a horse of another color
a horse of another colour
horse of a different color
horse of a different color, a
horse of another color

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