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Verbit
1.idiomaattinen

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Verbit

  1. (idiomatic) To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it.

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  • Wordsworth has a system which disposes him to take the bull by the horns and offend public taste.
  • "Then why couldn' ye take the bull by the horns an' march in by the front door?"
  • [H]e was ready to take the bull by the horns and pay for his meal himself.
  • In Korea General MacArthur took the bull by the horns and threw seven divisions into an all-out drive to clear North Korea.
  • "Should I tell her? Should I send someone else?" he said yesterday. "I took the bull by the horns. I gave her the diagnosis. It was the most difficult time of my life."

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