0 a piece of hair that grows or falls over the forehead (= part of the face above the eyes) or the part of a horse's mane that falls forward between its ears --
The forelock-touching society has gone, and a good thing too.
They would always anticipate events; they would grasp time by the forelock; it would never be necessary to create unemployment for economic reasons.
In this organization we are taking time by the forelock.
The economic loss which will accrue unless we take time by the forelock will be colossal.
Let us take time by the forelock and get on with the building of a few factories, perhaps experimentally.
Here is an opportunity for taking time by the forelock.
In a sense, we have taken time by the forelock.
Today, employees are not prepared to accept the forelock-touching attitude of yesteryear.
