TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "take the bull by the horns" is one way to...):

confront; face (oppose, as in hostility or a competition)

Sentence frame:

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