Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take_the_bull_by_the_horns

1 sense of take the bull by the horns

Sense 1
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")