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Phrase(s): *one’s bearings
the knowledge of where one is; the knowledge of how one is oriented to one’s immediate environment. (*Typically: get ~; find ~; have ~; lose ~; tell one ~.) • After he fell, it took Ted a few minutes to get his bearings. • Jean found her compass and got her bearings almost immediately.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs