| Takes the floor | 15 |
| Takes the gold | 14 |
| Takes the Harley | 16 |
| Takes the helm | 14 |
| Takes the high road | 19 |
| Takes the honey and runs | 24 |
| Takes the honey and runs? | 25 |
| Takes the hook | 14 |
| Takes the lead | 14 |
| Takes the lion's share | 26 |
| Takes the lion's share of | 29 |
| Takes the measure of | 20 |
| Takes the Metro | 15 |
| Takes the money and runs? | 25 |
| Takes the odds | 14 |
| Takes the plates away | 21 |
| Takes the plunge | 16 |
| Takes the podium | 16 |
| Takes the prize | 15 |
| Takes the QE2 | 13 |
| Takes the queen's shilling | 30 |
| Takes the red out? | 18 |
| Takes the right course? | 23 |
| Takes the risk | 14 |
| Takes the rod to | 16 |
| Takes the role of | 17 |
| Takes the show on the road | 26 |
| Takes the spread, e.g. | 22 |
| Takes the stage | 15 |
| Takes the stage again | 21 |
| Takes the stakes, in poker | 26 |
| Takes the stand | 15 |
| Takes the starch out of | 23 |
| Takes the stump | 15 |
| Takes the sun | 13 |
| Takes the tab | 13 |
| Takes the tension out of | 24 |
| Takes the tiller | 16 |
| Takes the top (off) | 19 |
| Takes the top off | 17 |
| Takes the wheel | 15 |
| Takes the whole bottle, perhaps | 31 |
| Takes the whole couch, say | 26 |
| Takes the wrong way | 19 |
| Takes the wrong way? | 20 |
| Takes things a bit too far | 26 |
| Takes third, perhaps | 20 |
| Takes time off | 14 |
| Takes to a higher court | 23 |
| Takes to a higher power? | 24 |
| Takes to a party | 16 |
| Takes to a table, say | 21 |
| Takes to another court | 22 |
| Takes to bed | 12 |
| Takes to court | 14 |
| Takes to excess | 15 |
| Takes to heart | 14 |
| Takes to heart, as advice | 25 |
| Takes to heart? | 15 |
| Takes to jail | 13 |
| Takes to Sardi's, say | 25 |
| Takes to task | 13 |
| Takes to the air | 16 |
| Takes to the airport, perhaps | 29 |
| Takes to the cleaners | 21 |
| Takes to the cleaners, so to speak | 34 |
| Takes to the floor | 18 |
| Takes to the hills? | 19 |
| Takes to the limit | 18 |
| Takes to the links | 18 |
| Takes to the next level | 23 |
| Takes to the other shore | 24 |
| Takes to the podium | 19 |
| Takes to the police station | 27 |
| Takes to the sickbed | 20 |
| Takes to the skies | 18 |
| Takes to the sky | 16 |
| Takes to the slopes | 19 |
| Takes to the soapbox | 20 |
| Takes to the stage | 18 |
| Takes to the station house | 26 |
| Takes to the station, say | 25 |
| Takes to the street edge | 24 |
| Takes to the streets | 20 |
| Takes to the stump | 18 |
| Takes to the trails | 19 |
| Takes too many hits | 19 |
| Takes too many pills | 20 |
| Takes too many tranqs, say | 26 |
| Takes too much | 14 |
| Takes too much of | 17 |
| Takes too much of a drug | 24 |
| Takes too much of, as a drug | 28 |
| Takes too much of, briefly | 26 |
| Takes too much of, for short | 28 |
| Takes too much of, in a way | 27 |
| Takes too much of, with "on" | 38 |
| Takes too much X, e.g. | 22 |
| Takes too much, briefly | 23 |
| Takes too much, for short | 25 |