acometía

v. attack, assault; charge; undertake, take on; deal with, take care of; begin, commence; seize, take forcibly

v. attack, fly at

= attack, come to + grips with, embark on/upon, go about, assail, get to + grips with, set out on, get + a grip on.
Ex: Some of the deficiencies in our catalogs are the result of very practical factors in personnel resources; some are probably a fault in the way that we attack subject headings and put them in the catalog.
Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
Ex: Before we embark upon more extensive consideration of the software packages and their use in information retrieval, it is worth reviewing the options for computer hardware.
Ex: I think he outlined the feasible way to go about meeting our needs without doing in anybody else in the process.
Ex: It's ridiculous to assail people who are making a code for abandoning all the principles which have been going strong for 100 years.
Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.
Ex: However rudimentary or advanced the system, and no matter what the age of the children involved, certain matters should be considered before setting out on the venture.
Ex: The article 'Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.
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* acometer un problema = attack + problem.