1. Face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
   - take the bull by the horns, grasp the nettle

Derived forms: bites the bullet, bitten the bullet

Type of: confront, face

Encyclopedia: Bite the bullet

• keep note
• keep off
• keep on
• keep one's distance
• keep one's eyes off
• keep one's eyes open
• keep one's eyes peeled
• keep one's eyes skinned
• keep one's hands off
• keep one's mouth shut
• keep one's nose to the grindstone
• keep one's shoulder to the wheel
• keep open
• keep out
• keep pace
• keep quiet
• keep step
• keep tabs on
• keep to oneself
• keep track
• keep up
• keep your shirt on
• keeper
• keeping
• keepnet