British & Australian

to take action immediately in order to deal with an unpleasant situation.

I've been putting off tackling the problem for too long and I think it's time to grasp the nettle.

• thanks a million
• thanks to
• thanks to someone
• thanks to something
• thank your lucky stars
• That beats everything!
• that'll be the day
• That'll be the day!
• That makes two of us.
• that Monday morning feeling
• That's a bit rich!
• That's a bit steep!
• That's all need!
• That's all over!
• That's all she wrote!
• call off something
• call off the dogs
• call on
• call on someone
• call own
• call someone names
• call someone's bluff
• call someone to heel
• call something into question
• call the shots