| Takes stock | 11 |
| Takes stock again | 17 |
| Takes stock of | 14 |
| Takes stock? | 12 |
| Takes teeny bites | 17 |
| Takes temporarily | 17 |
| Takes ten | 9 |
| Takes testimony from | 20 |
| Takes the action | 16 |
| Takes the advice of | 19 |
| Takes the anti side | 19 |
| Takes the bait | 14 |
| Takes the bears' advice | 27 |
| Takes the bench | 15 |
| Takes the bench? | 16 |
| Takes the big cheese down to size? | 34 |
| Takes the bite out of? | 22 |
| Takes the blue ribbon | 21 |
| Takes the bull by the horns | 27 |
| Takes the bus | 13 |
| Takes the cake | 14 |
| Takes the cake? | 15 |
| Takes the Concorde | 18 |
| Takes the count | 15 |
| Takes the coward's way | 26 |
| Takes the crown in | 18 |
| Takes the edge off | 18 |
| Takes the edge off, maybe | 25 |
| Takes the elevator, perhaps | 27 |
| Takes the first step | 20 |
| Takes the first step on the way to matrimony | 44 |
| Takes the five-finger discount | 30 |
| 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 |