grasp the nettle
UKC2 to force yourself to be brave and do something that is difficult or unpleasant:
You've been putting off making that phone call for days - I think it's about time you grasped the nettle!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Brave and courageous
- adventurous
- audacious
- ballsy
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite
- faint
- get sth up
- get your courage up idiom
- gritty
- gutsy
- have nerves of steel idiom
- heroic
- knightly
- muster
- nerve
- plucky
- screw
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky
- stouthearted
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