Usually means: Confront difficult situation with courage.
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  1. grasp the nettle: Merriam-Webster
  2. grasp the nettle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grasp the nettle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. grasp the nettle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. grasp the nettle: Wiktionary
  6. grasp the nettle: Dictionary.com
  7. Grasp the nettle: World Wide Words
  8. grasp the nettle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. grasp the nettle: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (grasp the nettle)

verb:  (idiomatic) To act boldly, especially when there are short-term adverse consequences.

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