Synonyms for take the bull by the horns
- bite the bullet
- choose one's fate
- jump in with both feet
- leap into the breach
- leave a crossroads
- make one's move
- pass the Rubicon
- prendre la balle au bond
- take for better or worse
- take the plunge
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cross the Rubicon
verb. take a decisive step
face
verb. come up against a situation
- abide
- accost
- affront
- allow
- be confronted by
- bear
- beard
- bit the bullet
- brace
- brave
- brook
- challenge
- confront
- contend
- cope with
- countenance
- court
- cross
- dare
- deal with
- defy
- encounter
- endure
- experience
- eyeball
- fight
- fly in face of
- go up against
- grapple with
- make a stand
- meet
- oppose
- resist
- risk
- run into
- square off
- stand
- stomach
- submit
- suffer
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take on
- take the bull by the horns
- tell off
- tolerate
- venture
- withstand
faced
verb. come up against a situation
- abide
- accost
- affront
- allow
- be confronted by
- bear
- beard
- bit the bullet
- brace
- brave
- brook
- challenge
- confront
- contend
- cope with
- countenance
- court
- cross
- dare
- deal with
- defy
- encounter
- endure
- experience
- eyeball
- fight
- fly in face of
- go up against
- grapple with
- make a stand
- meet
- oppose
- resist
- risk
- run into
- square off
- stand
- stomach
- submit
- suffer
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take on
- take the bull by the horns
- tell off
- tolerate
- venture
- withstand
faces
verb. come up against a situation
- abide
- accost
- affront
- allow
- be confronted by
- bear
- beard
- bit the bullet
- brace
- brave
- brook
- challenge
- confront
- contend
- cope with
- countenance
- court
- cross
- dare
- deal with
- defy
- encounter
- endure
- experience
- eyeball
- fight
- fly in face of
- go up against
- grapple with
- make a stand
- meet
- oppose
- resist
- risk
- run into
- square off
- stand
- stomach
- submit
- suffer
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take on
- take the bull by the horns
- tell off
- tolerate
- venture
- withstand
run the gauntlet
verb. go through an ordeal
- be a target
- be a whipping boy
- come to grips with
- court disaster
- face criticism
- face one's punishment
- go in harm's way
- go through fire and water
- march up to the cannon's mouth
- meet head-on
- take one's life in one's hands
- take potshots
- take the bull by the horns
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