English-Dutch translations for grip

• begrip
• greep
  Kunt u er bij de autoriteiten op aandringen dat ze daar greep op krijgen? Can you please urge the authorities to get a grip of this?
  Zij treedt niet energiek genoeg op om daadwerkelijk greep op dit probleem te krijgen. It is not pro-active enough to get a real grip on the situation.
  Onze maatschappij is in de greep van angst en onmacht. Our society has become gripped by a sense of fear and helplessness.
• griep
• grijpen
• grip
  Het is veel beter om een instrument te hebben dat grip biedt op resultaten dan een waarmee je alleen maar grip hebt op beloften. A tool to get a grip on an outturn is so much better than just a grip on promises.
  Daardoor kunnen overheden er moeilijk grip op krijgen. So governments find it difficult to get a grip on the situation.
  Zolang geen eisen inzake grip op de weg gesteld worden, zijn deze drie amendementen dus onaanvaardbaar. Until grip requirements are applied, these three amendments are therefore unacceptable.
• handvat

Definition of grip

• To take hold of, particularly with the hand
• To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense
• To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief
• To trench; to drain
• A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• A handle or other place to grip
• A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved
• A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway
• A long time
• : Influenza, flu
• A small travelling-bag or gripsack
• An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable. W1913--
• A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person
• As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful
• A tenacious grasp; a holding fast
• A device for grasping or holding fast to something
• A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain
• The griffin

Examples

• That suitcase is heavy, so grip the handle firmly
• The glue will begin to grip within five minutes
• After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement
• He grips me
• Let’s grip (get a coffee, hang, take a break, see a movie, etc
• Its good to have a firm grip when shaking hands
• The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it
• the grip of a sword
• There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock
• That is a grip of cheese
• I havent seen you in a grip
• She has the grip
• He gave me a grip
• Youre a real grip
• I need to get a grip of nails for my project
• in the grip of a blackmailer

Related words

• hella
• hecka