OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 33818

take the bull by the horns

Meanings (ES + gloss)
coger el toro por los cuernos
To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it.
"Then why couldn' ye take the bull by the horns an' march in by the front door?"
Wordsworth has a system which disposes him to take the bull by the horns and offend public taste.
Phrases
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