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(adverb) - (1) "To take time by the forelock," to seize the opportunity as it is offered. Time is traditionally depicted as an old man with a solitary lock of hair in front.
--Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
(2) The joyous time wil not be staid, unlesse she doe him by the forelock take.
--Edmund Spenser's Amœrtti, 1595
January 14, 2018