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Definition of Take the bull by the horns
1. Verb. Face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it.
Definition of Take the bull by the horns
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Take The Bull By The Horns
Literary usage of Take the bull by the horns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of by Rees Howell Gronow, Joseph Grego (1892)
"Be it so, ray Lord ; but you know I invariably take the bull by the horns,"
replied the medico : and the matter then dropped. A short time afterwards, ..."
2. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"He was the ' bull ' and the stick represented the horns. He then challenged any
of the others to take the ' bull ' by the horns and put him into his stakes. ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1866)
"... prepare literally to 'take the bull by the horns.' The large heavy fellows
rush upon the little beast, which is borne down by weight of numbers. ..."
4. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by Thomas Hart Benton, United States Congress (1861)
"But the gentleman from Rhode Island calls upon us to take " the bull by the
horns ; " " to move an impeachment against the President at once ; " says that ..."
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