Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get one's head around

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: get one's -head- around
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To understand; fathom; solve.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets one's head around (present, singular) getting one's head around (participle, present) got one's head around (past) got one's head around (UK, participle) gotten one's head around (US, participle)

Synonyms

wrap one's head around

Questions

What does get one's head around mean?: To understand; fathom; solve.

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