• quick on the uptake

• take his name in vain

• lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

• turn the tables on him

• first aid

• take it with a grain of salt

• at stake

• take shape

• take the sting out of it

• take heart

• in a state of nature

• taking advantage

• take exception to it

• all the world's a stage

• take it easy

• take it from me that

• take him for a ride

• take the heat out of it

• stake a claim

• tell tales

• take his part

• take it with can

• take a back seat

• a stage whisper

• take umbrage

• take liberties with it

• for himself and devil take the hindmost

• take his mind off

• devil take the hindmost

• take him in hand

• take a beating