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To get your teeth into something is to get completely absorbed in it. When you get your teeth into something, the only thing that exists in your mind is that one subject. You’ll be focused on it until every single detail of the problem has been thoroughly explored. Then you move on to the next thing.
Source: Sometimes A Great Notion
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