take the bull by the horns
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22176·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
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Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
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Variants
- pasttense
- taked the bull by the hornstook the bull by the horns
- presentparticiple
- taking the bull by the horns
- thirdpersonsingular
- takes the bull by the horns
- pastparticiple
- taked the bull by the hornstaken the bull by the horns
Framework definitions
- §1
- face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
- §1 · legacy_primary
- face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding itDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
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