• strike a chord

• pay court to him

• go according to plan

• an apple of discord

• off the record

• according to schedule

• according to one's lights

• have a friend at court

• by hook or by crook

• set the record straight

• hit score a bull's eye

• break the record

• for the record

• on record

• par for the course

• a hard core

• hole-and-corner

• settle old scores

• make-or-break

• his track record

• know the score

• be laughed out of court

• stay the course

• of my own accord

• turn the corner

• have the ball in one's court

• score off him

• a tight corner

• tread on his corns

• as a matter of course

• touch a chord