• take the gilt off the gingerbread

• take root

• bring home the bacon

• make up to him

• make a pass at

• break ranks

• make tracks

• take it with can

• take the plunge

• baker's dozen

• take the wind out of his sails

• take it on trust

• take up the cudgels

• make eyes at him

• take turns

• a slice of the cake

• make his hair curl on end

• take him off

• make one's point

• make a go of

• take it in one's stride

• take a telling

• take him at his word

• take it ill

• take it with a pinch of salt

• break of day

• make the best of a bad job

• make a fuss

• a sacred cow

• make a practice of doing it

• make a song and dance about it