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Vinony

wrap one's head around

  1. to understand something
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verb

  1. To come to a good understanding of.

    “It is sometimes mind-boggling to try and wrap one's head around all the possible information sets which one should try to address.”

    ““I know how important it is to vote, but I couldn’t wrap my head around the options at that point,” Ms. Dibble said of the 2016 election.”

  2. To crash into (something, especially a pole) messily and fatally while travelling in a motor vehicle.

    ““Some crazy young bastard wrapped his head around a pole.””

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wrap, head, around.

    “The words barely left the lips when there came a loud cry and a trample of hoof beats. It was Kelly, radiant and shining, her mane was whipping with her speed. I cried out to her and the mare came to a stop and wrapped her head around mine.”