to find out where you are and where other things are
It took her a moment to get her bearings in the dark.
Thesaurus: to find out where you are or where you are goingsynonym
Main entry: bearing
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find your bearings — see ↑bearing
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Main Entry: ↑find
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get/find/take your ˈbearings idiom
to make yourself familiar with your surroundings in order to find out where you are or to feel comfortable in a place
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He paused at the top of the hill, trying to get his bearings.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.