get your head around sth

get your head around sth
get your head round/around sth
to manage to understand something: »

It's hard to get your head round these new tax laws.

Main Entry: head

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • get your head round sth — get your head round/around sth ► to manage to understand something: »It s hard to get your head round these new tax laws. Main Entry: ↑head …   Financial and business terms

  • get your head round something — british informal phrase to understand and accept something that seems strange Have you got your head around your new job yet? Thesaurus: to understand somethingsynonym Main entry: head * * * get your ˈhead round sth …   Useful english dictionary

  • get your head round/around sth — ► to manage to understand something: »It s hard to get your head round these new tax laws. Main Entry: ↑head …   Financial and business terms

  • head — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ bare ▪ bald ▪ shaved ▪ blonde, dark, fair, grey/gray …   Collocations dictionary

  • head — ▪ I. head head 1 [hed] noun [countable] 1. JOBS the leader or person in charge of a group, organization, or part of an organization: head of • The head of each division is responsible for its operating performance. • Stone was head of corporate… …   Financial and business terms

  • get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • head*/*/*/ — [hed] noun [C] I 1) the top part of your body that has your brain, eyes, mouth etc in it Lynn had a bruise on the side of her head.[/ex] She shook her head (= moved it from side to side).[/ex] Ron nodded his head (= moved it up and down) but said …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • tongue — tongue1 W3S3 [tʌŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(mouth)¦ 2 click your tongue 3 sharp tongue 4 silver tongue 5 sharp tongued/silver tongued etc 6 with (your) tongue in (your) cheek 7 slip of the tongue 8 bite your tongue 9 Cat got your tongue? …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • kick — 1 verb 1 HIT WITH YOUR FOOT (I, T) to hit something with your foot: She kicked me under the table. | Joe, stop kicking! | kick sth down/over etc: The police kicked the door down. | kick sth around/towards etc: Billy was kicking a ball around the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hand — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ beautiful, delicate, long fingered, pretty, slender ▪ mani …   Collocations dictionary

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