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Take time by the forelock   Listen
Take time by the forelock

verb
1.
Act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity.






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"Take time by the forelock" Quotes from Famous Books



... determined me, on rising, to order Clayton to fell a suitable tree, and to prepare a saw-pit. The labour was of no consideration, and even if eventually the boat should not be wanted, no injury would arise, and it was better to take time by the forelock. Having marked a tree preparatory to leaving the camp, M'Leay and I started at an early hour on an excursion of deeper interest than any we had as yet undertaken; to examine the reeds, not only for the purpose of ascertaining their extent, if possible, ...
— Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete • Charles Sturt



Words linked to "Take time by the forelock" :   act, move



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