came to grips with

The phrase “came to grips with” has 4 syllables: came to grips with

It's pronounced as /keɪm tu ɡrɪps wɪð/


What is synonym and antonym for came to grips with?

In the thesaurus, “came to grips with” has 47 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for came to grips with along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for came to grips with

  • addressed
  • bear
  • bite the bullet
  • brace
  • brave
  • brought off
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • commanded
  • confront
  • contend
  • controlled
  • cope with
  • directed
  • endure
  • engineered
  • face
  • fielded
  • finessed
  • go to the mat
  • got off
  • grapple with
  • guided
  • hacked
  • had a grip on
  • handled
  • jockeyed
  • make a stand
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • manipulated
  • micromanaged
  • negotiated
  • played
  • pulled
  • ran
  • regulated
  • run
  • steered
  • stomach
  • suffer
  • sustain
  • swung
  • take
  • took
  • treated
  • withstand

Antonyms for came to grips with

  • botched
  • bungled
  • foozled
  • fumbled
  • loused up
  • mishandled
  • muffed
  • scamped

Example Sentences

  • After the loss of her pet, she finally came to grips with the reality of the situation.
  • He came to grips with his mistakes and started working on improving himself.
  • The team came to grips with the new regulations and adapted their strategy accordingly.
  • It took him a while to came to grips with the changes in his career path.
  • They came to grips with the challenges of remote work and found effective solutions.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to came to grips with, such as: addressed, bear, bite the bullet, botched, brace, brave, brought off.

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Related Words

handled

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • acquiesced
  • addressed
  • administered
  • administrated
  • allowed
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  • bode
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  • brooked
  • brought off
  • came to grips with
  • capitulated
  • captained
  • carried off
  • carried on
  • carried out
  • co-directed
  • co-managed
  • codirected
  • comanaged
  • commanded
  • conducted
  • considered
  • controlled
  • countenanced
  • did by
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  • drove
  • endured
  • engineered
  • esteemed
  • fielded
  • finessed
  • got off
  • governed
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  • hacked
  • had a grip on
  • headed
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  • kept
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  • manipulated
  • met
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  • negotiated
  • operated
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  • overlooked
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  • played
  • plied
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  • protected
  • pulled
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  • ran
  • rated
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  • regarded
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  • reigned
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  • rode herd on
  • ruled
  • run
  • safeguarded
  • served
  • shepherded
  • showed
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  • steered
  • stewarded
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • superintended
  • supervised
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • swung
  • taken care of
  • tended
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  • took
  • toughed it out
  • treated
  • used
  • viewed
  • watched
  • watched over
  • went
  • wielded
  • wore
  • worked
  • wrought

negotiated

  • accomplished
  • aced
  • achieved
  • actualized
  • addressed
  • adjourned
  • administered
  • agreed
  • argued
  • arranged
  • assessed
  • attained
  • bargained
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  • bickered
  • bought
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  • brought about
  • brought off
  • came to grips with
  • captained
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • chaffered
  • charged
  • clashed
  • commanded
  • committed
  • comparison shopped
  • compassed
  • completed
  • concerted
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  • contracted
  • contrived
  • controlled
  • conveyed
  • covenanted
  • cut a deal
  • dealt
  • debated
  • delayed
  • determined
  • dickered
  • did
  • directed
  • discussed
  • driven
  • effected
  • effectuated
  • ended
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  • engineered
  • exchanged
  • executed
  • fielded
  • finagled
  • finessed
  • finished
  • fought
  • framed
  • fulfilled
  • gerrymandered
  • got off
  • governed
  • guided
  • hacked
  • had a grip on
  • haggled
  • hammered out
  • handled
  • hassled
  • hatched
  • hawked
  • held up
  • horse-traded
  • implemented
  • in waiting
  • indebted
  • intrigued
  • jockeyed
  • machinated
  • made
  • maintained
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • manipulated
  • masterminded
  • micromanaged
  • moved
  • nailed
  • on hold
  • on the shelf
  • ordered
  • paltered
  • peddled
  • performed
  • perpetrated
  • pigeonholed
  • played
  • plotted
  • postponed
  • practiced
  • practised
  • prolonged
  • promoted
  • prosecuted
  • protracted
  • pulled
  • pulled off
  • purchased
  • put through
  • quarreled
  • quarrelled
  • quarterbacked
  • quibbled
  • ran
  • realized
  • reasoned
  • reduplicated
  • reenacted
  • regulated
  • remanded
  • renegotiated
  • repeated
  • revolved
  • run
  • schemed
  • scrubbed
  • served
  • squabbled
  • stalled
  • staved off
  • steered
  • superintended
  • supervised
  • sustained
  • swung
  • talked
  • talked over
  • temporized
  • took
  • traded
  • transacted
  • transported
  • treated
  • turned
  • used
  • wangled
  • went through
  • wheeled and dealed
  • wielded
  • winded up
  • worked
  • worked out
  • wound up
  • wrangled

had a grip on

hacked

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • acquiesced
  • addressed
  • afraid
  • aghast
  • all in
  • allowed
  • antsy
  • apprehensive
  • basket case
  • beat
  • bent
  • bent out of shape
  • beside oneself
  • bided
  • bleary
  • bode
  • boiling
  • bore
  • brooked
  • brought off
  • browned off
  • buffaloed
  • bugged
  • bummed out
  • burned out
  • burned up
  • butterflies
  • came to grips with
  • capitulated
  • careful
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • choked
  • clutched
  • commanded
  • concerned
  • controlled
  • corybantic
  • countenanced
  • crazed
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • demented
  • depleted
  • desperate
  • directed
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dogged
  • dragging
  • dreading
  • effete
  • endured
  • engineered
  • enraged
  • exasperated
  • far-gone
  • fearful
  • fidgety
  • fielded
  • fierce
  • finessed
  • fit to be tied
  • foaming at the mouth
  • frantic
  • frenetic
  • frenzied
  • fretful
  • fuming
  • furious
  • got off
  • guided
  • had a grip on
  • handled
  • hopping mad
  • hot and bothered
  • huffy
  • hyper
  • in a state
  • in a tizzy
  • in a towering rage
  • in suspense
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • infuriated
  • insane
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irrational
  • jittery
  • jockeyed
  • jumpy
  • lived with
  • livid
  • mad
  • maddened
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • maniac
  • manipulated
  • met
  • micromanaged
  • miffed
  • negotiated
  • nervous
  • nervy
  • overwrought
  • peeved
  • permitted
  • played
  • pocketed
  • pooped
  • pulled
  • rabid
  • rage
  • raging
  • ran
  • regulated
  • respected
  • restless
  • riled
  • rousted
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • run
  • scared
  • shaking
  • shaky
  • shivery
  • shook-up
  • shot to pieces
  • smoking
  • solicitous
  • spent
  • spooked
  • steamed
  • steamed up
  • steered
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • strung-out
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • sweating bullets
  • swung
  • taut
  • tolerated
  • took
  • toughed it out
  • treated
  • troubled
  • uneasy
  • unglued
  • unquiet
  • unreasonable
  • up in arms
  • uptight
  • vehement
  • vicious
  • violent
  • washed-out
  • watchful
  • weary
  • went
  • wiped-out
  • wired
  • wore
  • worn-out
  • worried sick
  • wrathful
  • wreck

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