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Complete Definition of "take the bull by the horns"

English

Verb
to take the bull by the horns

  1. idiom to confront a difficulty, rather than avoiding it

#:He took the bull by the horns and reprogrammed the entire mess.

Translations

Dutch: de koe bij de hoorns vatten (lit. take the cow by the horns)
Finnish: ottaa härkää sarvista
mid
Polish: z�apa� byka za rogi
Russian: вз��� б�ка за �ога
Swedish: ta tjuren vid hornen

See also
''carpe diem
sieze the day
the world is your oyster

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