Definition for Take the bull by the horns:

• face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it

Synonyms for Take the bull by the horns:

• v.

  •buckle down (verb)
  • pitch in,
  • attend to,
  • bend,
  • swing into action,
  • launch into,
  • put one's nose to the grindstone,
  • dedicate oneself to,
  • apply oneself,
  • exert oneself,
  • plunge into,
  • put one's hand to the plow,
  • give,
  • devote oneself to,
  • turn,
  • keep close to,
  • get serious,
  • give oneself over to,
  • concentrate on,
  • occupy oneself with,
  • throw,
  • set to,
  • keep one's mind on,
  • knuckle down,
  • address.
  •competition (verb)
  • take the bull by the horns.
  •cross the Rubicon (verb)
  • make one's move,
  • prendre la balle au bond,
  • bite the bullet,
  • take for better or worse,
  • choose one's fate,
  • leap into the breach,
  • pass the rubicon,
  • leave a crossroads,
  • jump in with both feet.
  •face (verb)
  • venture,
  • brave,
  • take on,
  • cross,
  • meet,
  • affront,
  • take,
  • tolerate,
  • bear,
  • make a stand,
  • withstand,
  • be confronted by,
  • fight,
  • brook,
  • grapple with,
  • run into,
  • experience,
  • court,
  • risk,
  • tell off,
  • eyeball,
  • sustain,
  • submit,
  • fly in face of,
  • take it,
  • stand,
  • allow,
  • stomach,
  • dare,
  • suffer,
  • square off,
  • abide,
  • resist,
  • brace,
  • endure,
  • cope with,
  • swallow,
  • defy,
  • oppose,
  • deal with,
  • encounter,
  • countenance,
  • bit the bullet,
  • beard,
  • challenge,
  • contend,
  • go up against.
  •run the gauntlet (verb)
  • court disaster,
  • face one's punishment,
  • be a target,
  • go through fire and water,
  • go in harm's way,
  • take one's life in one's hands,
  • march up to the cannon's mouth,
  • be a whipping boy,
  • face criticism,
  • take potshots,
  • come to grips with,
  • meet head-on.
  •work very hard (verb)
  • buckle down.

• Other synonyms:

  •buckle down
  • dedicate to,
  • attended to,
  • concentrating on,
  • devoted to,
  • dedicated to,
  • occupied with,
  • launched into,
  • concentrates on,
  • devote to,
  • take bull by the horns,
  • give over to,
  • concentrated on.

Antonyms for Take the bull by the horns:

• v.

  • buckle down
    ignore, relax, be lazy.
  • face
    help, keep, surrender, discontinue, avoid, back, disapprove, hide, yield, hold, retreat, leave, dodge, reject, evade, halt, support, shun, aid, run, resist, give in, stop, refuse, assist, disallow, veto, withdraw, give up.

Hyponym for Take the bull by the horns:

• v.

  • competition
    confront, face.