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take the bull by the horns

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  • verb idiomatic To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. confront
  2. face

cross-references (4)

Cross-references

  1. beard the lion in his den
  2. carpe diem
  3. seize the day
  4. the world is your oyster

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