grab the bull by the horns
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Verb
grab the bull by the horns (third-person singular simple present grabs the bull by the horns, present participle grabbing the bull by the horns, simple past and past participle grabbed the bull by the horns)
- (idiomatic) Synonym of take the bull by the horns.
- 2022 September 9, Cathal Dennehy, “Ciara Mageean shines in Diamond League to claim second”, in Irish Examiner:
- “I felt I’d go out and grab the bull by the horns and give it a good lash and I’m very pleased to come away with second in my very first Diamond League final.”
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