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Verb
1.ta tjuren vid hornenidiom

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (idiomatic) To act boldly, especially when there are short-term adverse consequences.

Exempel

  • Hence it was that a few dozen policemen, resolutely grasping the nettle, had no difficulty in handling it.
  • President Truman, when at last he grasped the nettle and dismissed MacArthur, knew well enough the outcry that would follow.
  • That Tony Blair should wait until the dying days of his premiership before grasping the nettle of nuclear expansion has proved dangerously neglectful.

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