Definition of Have the tiger by the tail

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Have The Tiger By The Tail

have someone's hide
have someone's number
have someone by the short hairs
have someone going
have someone on
have something to eat
have the best
have the biscuit
have the blues
have the floor
have the goods on
have the last laugh
have the run of
have the tiger by the tail (current term)
have the time
have the time of one's life
have the wind up
have the wolf by the ear
have tickets on oneself
have time
have to
have to do with the price of fish
have truck with
have up
have words
have you got the time
have young
haveing

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