Come to grips with

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Come to grips with 

means to begin to accept something difficult, painful, or upsetting.

Examples:

1- She’s still coming to grips with the fact that the person she trusted most was the one who betrayed her.

2- He smiled at work, but deep down, he was trying to come to grips with his brother’s sudden death.