get one's head around

Definitions

To understand; fathom; solve.

informal, transitive

Examples

“How did you get⟳ this number⟳? / I can't get⟳ my head 'round you”

“When my mum did pass⟳ away I fell out with God because I couldn't get⟳ my head around why he'd taken away the one person that we needed in our lives, because dad was no good to us.”

“Throughout this book I have⟳ been trying to get⟳ my head around my head. And now I am about to try⟳ to get⟳ my head around the very processes by which I have⟳ been trying to get⟳ my head around itself: I am going to think⟳ about thought.”

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