get one's head around

Verb

idiomatic transitive

(idiomatic, transitive) To understand; fathom; solve.

Japanese Meaning

理解する / 把握する / 解明する / 解決する

What is this buttons?

Sometimes it's hard to get one's head around complex scientific concepts without a good teacher.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

時々、良い教師がいないと複雑な科学的概念を理解するのは難しい。

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Sense（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To understand; fathom; solve.

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.

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gets one's head around

（ present singular third-person ）

getting one's head around

（ participle present ）

got one's head around

（ past ）

got one's head around

（ UK participle past ）

gotten one's head around

（ US participle past ）

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