beard in den

beard in den
beard (someone) in (their) den to visit an important person in the place where they work, in order to tell or ask them something unpleasant.

A group of journalists bearded the director in his den to ask how he was going to deal with the crisis.

Who's going to beard the lion in her den and explain what's gone wrong?


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