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

Derived forms: taken the bull by the horns, takes the bull by the horns, took the bull by the horns, taking the bull by the horns

Type of: confront, face

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take place
take pride
take refuge
take root
take shape
take sides
take stage
take stock
take ten
take the air
take the bull by the horns
take the cake
take the count
take the field
take the Fifth
take the Fifth Amendment
take the floor
take the Mickey
take the piss
take the road
take the stage