Speakur

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taking the bull by the horns

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing the bul-l by the horns
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take the bull by the horns

Questions

What does taking the bull by the horns mean?
present participle and gerund of take the bull by the horns

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