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Verb: grasp the nettle
  1. Face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
    - take the bull by the horns, bite the bullet

Derived forms: grasping the nettle, grasped the nettle

Type of: confront, face

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grapple
grappler
grappling
grappling hook
grappling iron
graptolite
Graptophyllum
Graptophyllum pictum
grapy
grasp
grasp the nettle
graspable
grasping
graspingness
grass
Grass
grass bacillus
grass family
grass fern
grass finch
grass frog