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What does bell the cat mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group.
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The real challenge is deciding whose job it is to bell the cat.
We urge you to bell the cat of anti-Semitism, including explicitly recognizing that so-called anti-Zionism can, and often does, cross over into anti-Semitism.
Pakistan will never need to sell companies or carry begging bowl if rural elite start paying taxes but who will bell the cat, he questioned.
But then someone has to bell the cat and the Metro Rail has to become a reality.
Politicians should be brave enough to bell the cat and join forces to tackle the national task.
His government should convince all political parties that it is time to bell the cat to implement the one-child norm for one and all.

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