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• 1 a (hold) she held his arm in a strong grip = lo tenía agarrado or asido fuertemente del brazo he kept a firm grip on expenses = llevaba un rígido control de los gastos get a grip on yourself! = ¡contrólate! the region is in the grip of an epidemic = una epidemia asola la región to come to grips with sth [idea/situation] = aceptar or asumir algo to get to grips with sth [subject] = entender* algo [new system] aprender algo b (of tires) adherencia (f)

• 2 (on handle) empuñadura (f)

• 3 (hair grip) (BrE) horquilla (f) pinche (m) (Chi), pasador (m) (Méx)