wrap one's head around

verb

Sayrap wunz HED uh-rownd/ˌɹæp wʌnz ˈhɛd əˌɹaʊnd/

Formswraps one's head around, wrapping one's head around, wrapped one's head around

2 meanings of wrap one's head around

1
verbcolloquialfigurativelytransitive
To finally understand something that is hard or confusing.
Like slowly fitting puzzle pieces together until the picture finally makes sense.
It took me a while to wrap my head around the new rules.
She finally wrapped her head around how the game works.
Similargrasp, understand, comprehend, fathom
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2
verbcolloquialtransitive
To crash a car into something, often a pole, in a deadly and messy way.
He lost control on the ice and wrapped his head around a telephone pole.
Two teenagers wrapped their heads around the guardrail at high speed that night.
Similarcrash
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