to feel confident that you have a good understanding of something that is complicated.

There are so many different aspects of the energy situation that it's hard to get your arms around it.

Related vocabulary: get your mind around something

• throw on something
• throw on the scrap heap
• throw open something to
• throw open something to someone
• throw open something to something
• throw open to
• throw open to someone
• throw open to something
• throw out
• throw out something
• throw out the baby with the bath water
• throw someone a curve
• throw someone a curve ball
• throw someone for a loop
• throw someone in at the deep end
• throw someone into a spin
• throw someone into a tizz
• throw someone into a tizzy
• throw someone off balance
• throw someone off the scent
• throw someone on the scrap heap
• throw someone out
• throw someone together
• throw someone to the dogs
• throw someone to the lions