TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS

Meaning of TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS in English

deal decisively with a difficult or unpleasant situation.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — phrasal : to face up to and grapple with a difficulty
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — v. deal with the problem head-on
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — to face a difficult or dangerous situation directly and with courage
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — see bull
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — see bull
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — {v. phr.}, {informal} To take definite action and not care about risks; act bravely in a difficulty. * /He decided …
Slang English vocab
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — See ↑ DEAL WITH 2
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — {v. phr.}, {informal} To take definite action and not care about risks; act bravely in a difficulty. * /He decided …
Словарь английских идиом
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — take decisive action and not worry about the results My aunt decided to take the bull by the horns and …
English Idioms vocab
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — control the problem, be firm, take charge If the class is noisy, the teacher must take the bull by the …
English Idioms vocabulary
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — v. phr. , informal To take definite action and not care about risks; act bravely in a difficulty. He decided …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — взять быка за рога
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — взять быка за рога
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — брать быка за рога; взять быка за рога
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS — Брать быка за рога
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BULL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) bull market Bull Moose Party bull terrier Bull John Bull Ole Bornemann bull roarer …
Английский словарь Британика
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULL — I. ˈbu̇l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bule, from Old English bula; akin to Old English bulluc young …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORNS — plural of horn present third singular of horn
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULL — (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull …
Английский словарь Webster
BULL — ( v. t. ) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BULL — bull 1 — bull-like , adj. /bool/ , n. 1. the male of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BULL — adj. big and strong like a bull; male; of or pertaining a bull, that resembles a bull; having to do …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BULL — I. ˈbu̇l, ˈbəl noun Etymology: Middle English bule, from Old English bula; akin to Old Norse boli bull Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
BULL — vi a seal. ·see bulla. 2. bull ·noun taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. 3. bull …
Webster English vocab
HORNS — archaic a pair of ~ as an emblem of a cuckold. → horn
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BULL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BULL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BULL — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a an uncastrated male bovine animal. b a male of the whale, elephant, and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BULL — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a an uncastrated male bovine animal. b a male of the whale, elephant, and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
BULL — 1. n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a an uncastrated male bovine animal. b a male of the whale, elephant, …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BULL
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BULL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BULL — n. bull market Bull Moose Party Bull Run Battles of bull terrier Bull John Bull Ole Bornemann bull roarer Golden …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORNS — To draw in one's horns; to retract an assertion through fear: metaphor borrowed from a snail, who on the apprehension …
Slang English vocab
BULL
Slang English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HORNS — ➡ field sports
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
HORNS — shorn
Anagrams English vocabulary
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORNS — ложные аномалии высокого сопротивления (на кривой индукционного каротажа против границ пластов высокого сопротивления) Гудки
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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