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getting one's head around

getting one's head around is the present participle and gerund of get one's head around.

Meaning of get one's head around

Verb

get one's head around (third-person singular simple present gets one's head around, present participle getting one's head around, simple past got one's head around, past participle (UK) got one's head around or (US) gotten one's head around)

  1. (informal, transitive) To understand; fathom; solve.
    • How did you get this number? / I can't get my head 'round you2002, Frou Frou, “Psychobabble”, in Detail

Questions about getting one's head around

What is getting one's head around the present participle and gerund of?
Getting one's head around is the present participle and gerund of get one's head around.

Words near getting one's head around in the dictionary

  1. getting one's freak on
  2. getting one's fuck on
  3. getting one's groove on
  4. getting one's hands dirty
  5. getting one's hands on
  6. getting one's head around
  7. getting one's head out of one's ass
  8. getting one's head out of the gutter
  9. getting one's head out one's ass
  10. getting one's head straight
  11. getting one's head together

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