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взять на абордаж
• БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ НА АБОРДАЖ кого-что{{}}
[VP; subj: human; obj: most often human]
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⇒ to take decisive action with s.o. or sth.:
- X взял Y-а на абордаж{{}}≈ X took (tried) a hard-nosed approach with person Y;
- X got tough with person Y;
- X tackled thing Y head-on.
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← From the French abordage. Originally meant "to attack an enemy vessel by coming alongside it and mooring with it for the purpose of hand-to-hand combat."

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. . 2004.