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grab the bull by the horns

grab the bull by the horns verb: synonym of take the bull by the horns.

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)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of take the bull by the horns.
    • “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.”2022 September 9, Cathal Dennehy, “Ciara Mageean shines in Diamond League to claim second”, in Irish Examiner

Synonyms of grab the bull by the horns

Forms of grab the bull by the horns

third-person singular presentgrabs the bull by the horns
present participlegrabbing the bull by the horns
past participlegrabbed the bull by the horns
pastgrabbed the bull by the horns

Questions about grab the bull by the horns

What does grab the bull by the horns mean?
Grab the bull by the horns means synonym of take the bull by the horns.
What part of speech is grab the bull by the horns?
Grab the bull by the horns is a verb.
What is the past tense of grab the bull by the horns?
The past tense of grab the bull by the horns is grabbed the bull by the horns.

Words near grab the bull by the horns in the dictionary

  1. grab sampling
  2. grab some air
  3. grab some pine
  4. grab some z's
  5. grab some Zs
  6. grab the bull by the horns
  7. grab the headlines
  8. grab the popcorn
  9. grab-and-go
  10. grab-ass
  11. grab-bag

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