get one's head round sth

/ɡɛt wˈɒnz hˈɛd ɹˈaʊnd ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

/ɡɛt wˈʌnz hˈɛd ɹˈaʊnd ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

to get one's head round sth

to manage to understand something that is very complicated, bizarre, or challenging

Examples

1. They can get their heads around something that's in the headlines of The Globe and Mail that morning.

2. So, to make sure we can all get our heads around this extremely important event, we’re gonna take a quick detour now through the main players.

3. We couldn’t get our heads around the thought that the Russians would use those same techniques against us.

4. It's hard to get your head around these without spending time with them.