C1idiominformalstudyIELTS-friendly
get your head around
USUK
to manage to understand something that is complicated or surprising
Often negative: 'I can't get my head around it.' British English also says 'get your head round'.
In context
I still can't get my head around English phrasal verbs.
It took me weeks to get my head around the new accounting software.
More idioms about study
- a steep learning curvea situation where you must learn a lot of new things very quickly
- get the hang ofto learn how to do something, especially after some practice
- hit the booksto start studying hard, especially before an exam
- it's not rocket scienceused to say that something is not difficult to understand or do
- know something inside outto know every detail of a subject, place or system very well