get (your) bearings

to feel sure of your abilities.

Lonely and upset, she moved in with her parents to try to get her bearings.

Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by lose your bearings:

For a short time after my mother died, my father seemed to lose his bearings.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bearings (= your position in relation to other things)

• put your heart and soul into
• put your heart and soul into doing something
• put your heart and soul into something
• put your heart into
• put your heart into something
• put your house in order
• put your life in hands
• put your life in someone's hands
• put your life on the line
• put your mind to it
• put your money on someone
• put your money on something
• put your money where mouth is
• put your money where your mouth is
• put your neck on the block
• put your neck on the line
• put your oar in
• put your own house in order
• put yourself in place
• put yourself in someone's place
• put yourself through
• put yourself through something
• put your shirt on
• put your shirt on something
• put your shoulder to the wheel