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take the bull by the horns

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face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it

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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

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face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it

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