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Old 12-Dec-2006, 04:14
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Red face cutting-edge, come to grips with

An advertisement of a on-line master course saying that:

Do you want to come to grips with cutting-edge theories and technologies?

What does it mean of cutting-edge and come to grips with?

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Old 12-Dec-2006, 05:36
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Default Re: cutting-edge, come to grips with

Hi,
I think it means
Do you want to understand (and use) the latest developments in techology?
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Default Re: cutting-edge, come to grips with

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Hi,
I think it means
Do you want to understand (and use) the latest developments in techology?
Cheers
agreed
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Old 12-Dec-2006, 10:07
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Default Re: cutting-edge, come to grips with

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Hi,
I think it means
Do you want to understand (and use) the latest developments in techology?
Cheers
Yes. If you think of a blade, 'the cutting edge' is the very edge of the surface. The 'cutting edge' of something is the very forefront.

'Getting to grips with' means getting involved with in a very close (and possibly aggressive or intense) way - think of wrestlers getting to grips with each other.

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