• Take temperature rectally
• Take the bait
• Take the biscuit
• Take the blame
• Take the brunt
• Take the brush-off
• Take the bull by the horns
• Take the bus
• Take the cake
• Take the chair
• Take the cream
• Take the ferry
• Take the fight to (someone)
• Take the floor
• Take the gloves off
• Take the heat
• Take the helm
• Take the initiative
• Take the lame
• Take the law into (one's) own hands