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> Two of Trump’s cabinet members were able to beard him in the Oval Office while Peter Navarro, responsible for the original tariffs

Is this some meaning of beard I am so far unfamiliar with? The only meaning that jumps to mind is the facial hair, and when I looked up in the dictionary I was reminded me of the LGBT meaning, but neither of them fit here.



I believe the expression is "beard the lion in his den".


Thanks! I’m a native speaker (US) and was unfamiliar with this idiom. Cambridge dictionary does list this definition of beard:

> to face, meet, or deal with an unpleasant or frightening person in a brave or determined way


It's a little old fashioned. Many sayings have a naval origin, a bunch of others have a biblical origin.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2017...




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