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Definition: Take Time By The Forelock |
Take Time By The ForelockVerb1. Act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Earliness | Verb: be early; Adjective:, be beforehand; adVerb: keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start; steal a march upon; gain time, draw on futurity; bespeak, secure, engage, preengage. |
Occasion | Seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur l'enclume, make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Take Time By The Forelock |
| Specialty definitions using "take time by the forelock": Hay, Hagh. (references) |
Expression using "take time by the forelock": to take time by the forelock. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "take time by the forelock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Albanian | e shfrytëzoj rastin. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kihasználja az időt (to take time by the forelock), üstökön ragadja a szerencsét (to take time by the forelock), él az alkalommal (to improve the occasion, to improve the opportunity, to take time by the forelock). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aketay imetay ybay ethay orelockfay nu pierde ocazia (take occasion by the forelock). (various references) | ||||||||||
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