1
to straighten;to correct;to cure
2
to falsify
1
to throw the baby out with the bath water;to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel;to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point;to straighten the horns and kill the cow
Other forms
角をためて牛を殺す 【つのをためてうしをころす】 (search-only kanji form)