# wrap one's head around

Pronunciation: say "rap wunz HED uh-rownd" /ˌɹæp wʌnz ˈhɛd əˌɹaʊnd/

## Verb

1. To reach a clear understanding of something complicated or unfamiliar after some effort. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To finally understand something that is hard or confusing.
   - _It took the whole team weeks to wrap their heads around the new accounting system._
   - _I still can't wrap my head around how she finished the race so fast._
2. To crash violently and fatally into something, especially a pole, while driving a motor vehicle. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To crash a car into something, often a pole, in a deadly and messy way.
   - _He wrapped his head around an oak tree doing ninety on the back road._
   - _Three people wrapped their heads around a concrete barrier on the interstate last winter._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wrap-one-s-head-around (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).