See beard the lion in his den on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From sense beard (“to confront”).",
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"ref": "1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Sixth. The Battle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza XIV, page 338:",
"text": "And dar'st thou then / To beard the lion in his den, / The Douglas in his hall?",
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"ref": "1840, Thomas Pringle, Josiah Conder, Narrative of a residence in South Africa, page 45:",
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"ref": "1936, The Bankers magazine, volume 132, page 307:",
"text": "Duty called me to beard the lion in his den; and though no Daniel, I took on the job without fear and trembling…",
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"(idiomatic) To confront an adversary in his or her own environment."
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}
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