take the bull by the horns

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take the bull by the horns - face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it

confront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"

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There isn't one of these men who are sitting in judgment upon us to-day, Ambrose, who would listen to me for a single moment if I were to take the bull by the horns and say that the traitor we seek is one of ourselves.

The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

This very question came up, and the brutes themselves seemed so quick to see its possibilities that I thought best to take the bull by the horns and own that I had been rung up by somebody.

A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context

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