GET / TAKE A GRIP (ON YOURSELF)


Meaning of GET / TAKE A GRIP (ON YOURSELF) in English

to improve your behaviour or control your emotions after being afraid, upset or angry :

I have to take a grip on myself, he told himself firmly.

( informal )

Get a grip ! (= make an effort to control your emotions)

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.