rip off the bandage

English

Verb

rip off the bandage (third-person singular simple present rips off the bandage, present participle ripping off the bandage, simple past and past participle ripped off the bandage)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) To deal with a difficult situation by sudden difficult action.
    • 2021, Savanna Redman, Refuge
      If I look at just the facts, grit my teeth, and rip off the bandage, I know I'm adult enough to return to Chicago, to my desk, search for an apartment, and buy a car. But it is not what I crave.
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