Usually means: Undertake a dangerous or risky task.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word bell the cat:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. bell the cat: Merriam-Webster
  2. bell the cat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bell the cat: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bell the cat: Vocabulary.com
  5. bell the cat: Wiktionary
  6. bell the cat: Dictionary.com
  7. Bell the cat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. bell the cat: Rhymezone
  9. Bell-the-Cat: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. bell the cat: FreeDictionary.org
  11. bell the cat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. bell the cat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bell the cat: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (bell the cat)

verb:  (idiomatic) To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group.

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