Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 12 compound words that contain grips. The most common are listed below. Open grips in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- come to gripsTo confront each other decisively.
- come to grips withTo confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.
- death gripsplural of death grip: An extremely tight grip.
- get to grips withTo deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on.
- came to grips withsimple past of come to grips with
- comes to grips withthird-person singular simple present indicative of come to grips with: To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.
- coming to grips withpresent participle and gerund of come to grips with
- gets to grips withthird-person singular simple present indicative of get to grips with: To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on.
- getting to grips withpresent participle and gerund of get to grips with
- got to grips withsimple past and past participle of get to grips with
- gotten to grips withpast participle of get to grips with: To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on.
- bow gripsplural of bow grip: The small section of a stringed instrument's bow near the heel having grippy material such as goatskin leather or snakeskin wrapped tightly around the bow stick between the lapping and the frog, so as to facilitate it …
- false gripsplural of false grip: type of grip using flexion of the wrist rather than the fingers to hold on
- finger gripsplural of finger grip: An instrument used in recovering rods or tools dropped into a bored shaft.
- French gripsplural of French grip: A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a slightly curved block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape.
- grips grainthird-person singular simple present indicative of grip grain: To grip the wood grain on the steering wheel in a vehicle.
- grips offthird-person singular simple present indicative of grip off: To tease or taunt another birdwatcher about a bird you have seen but they missed out on.
- hair-gripsplural of hair-grip: A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- hand gripsplural of hand grip: A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- Italian gripsplural of Italian grip: A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a straight block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape, with projecting prongs to aid grip.
- key gripsplural of key grip: The head of the grip department, involved with lighting and camera movement.
- kirby gripsplural of kirby grip: A type of double-pronged hairgrip
- mixed gripsplural of mixed grip: grip with one hand pronated and the other supinated
- neutral gripsplural of neutral grip: A grip that is neither supinated nor pronated, but with palms facing each other.
- pass gripsplural of pass grip: A special grip of the hand used by a freemason during a handshake, covertly communicating his freemason status to the other person.
Compound words 12
- handgripsplural of handgrip: A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- overgripsplural of overgrip: A soft, padded, cloth-like tape wrapped around the grip of a sports racquet to improve the grip.
- deathgripsplural of deathgrip: An extremely tight grip.
- floorgripsplural of floorgrip: A device used to steady firing and counter the effects of recoil, resulting in far more accurate fire when shooting in full auto mode. It can be incorporated in some rifles as part of the Rail Integration System.
- foregripsplural of foregrip: A pistol grip-type forestock on the front of a firearm that improves handling characteristics, counters the effects of recoil, and is cooler to the touch than a standard forestock.
- hairgripsplural of hairgrip: A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- misgripsthird-person singular simple present indicative of misgrip: To grip improperly.
- passgripsplural of passgrip: A special grip of the hand used by a freemason during a handshake, covertly communicating his freemason status to the other person.
- twistgripsplural of twistgrip: A handle (typically on a motorcycle) that is operated by twisting.
- undergripsplural of undergrip: supinated grip