Acquire Phrases
Phrases about acquire
- Accept a wooden nickel
- Accept that some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue
- Accept with thanks
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- Acquired immunity
- Acquired taste
- Always have your nose in a book
- Anyhow Have a Winfield (Winfield Cigarettes advertising slogan)
- Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
- As good luck would have it
- As luck would have it
- As you make your bed so must you lie on it
- As you sow so shall you reap
- Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer
- Assume nothing
- Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? (line from nursery rhyme)
- Beecham’s pills make all the difference (Beecham’s Pills advertising slogan)
- Before you make up your mind, open it (Irish Independent advertising slogan)
- Big fleas have little fleas
- Blondes have more fun
- Buy Opera today And make this banner go away (Opera advertising slogan)
- Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
- Buy one, get one free
- Calgon, take me away! (Calgon advertising slogan)
- Can I Get A Witness? (Marvin Gaye song)
- Can I have a ‘p’ please, bob (A catchphrase from Blockbusters)
- Can’t Get Enough of That Golden Crisp (Golden Crisp Cereals advertising slogan)
- Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue song)
- Can’t get enough of this (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
- Can’t make head or tail of it
- Can’t win for losing
- Catches win matches
- Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat (proverbial saying)
- Children’s shoes have far to go (Start-Rite Shoes advertising slogan)
- Collect your wits
- Come And Get It (Badfinger song)
- Come and get it
- Couldn’t Have Said It Better (Meatloaf song)
- Couldn’t make head or tail of it
- Crunch all you want, we’ll make more (Doritos advertising slogan)
- Cut a wide swathe (make a pompous display)
- Details make the difference
- Did you get dressed in the dark?
- Do I have to paint you a picture?
- Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
- Do you have the bunny inside? (Energizer Max advertising slogan)
- Does a wooden horse have a hickory dick?
- Does it make sense to jump out of a warm bed into a cold cereal? (Quaker Oats advertising slogan)
- Does you does, or does you don’t take Access? (Access Credit Card advertising slogan)
- Doesn’t have a jealous bone in his body
- Doesn’t make a blind bit of difference
- Don’t get a complex, get Amplex (Amplex Deodorant advertising slogan)
- Don’t get a face on
- Don’t get mad get even
- Don’t get me started
- Don’t get vexed, ask Teletext (Teletext advertising slogan)
- Don’t get your balls in an uproar
- Don’t get your knickers in a knot
- Don’t get your knickers in a twist
- Don’t get your tits in the wringer
- Don’t get your wires crossed
- Don’t have a bean
- Don’t have a clue
- Don’t have a cow, man (A catchphrase from The Simpsons)
- Don’t have nightmares (A catchphrase from Nick Ross)
- Don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars (line from the movie Now, Voyager)
- Don’t make a big production out of it
- Don’t make a federal case of it
- Don’t make a peep
- Don’t make waves
- Don’t take it lying down
- Don’t take on so
- Don’t you people have homes to go to?
- Double take
- Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
- Due a win
- Empty vessels make the most noise
- Enough to make a cat laugh
- Enough to make the angels weep
- Enough to make you sick
- Enough to make your hair curl
- Every Breath You Take (The Police song)
- Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost
- Fake it till you make it
- Flattery will get you everywhere
- Flattery will get you nowhere
- For mash get Smash (Cadbury’s Smash advertising slogan)
- From the get go
- Gain admittance
- Gain advantage
- Gain ground
- Gentlemen we can rebuild him. We have the technology. (A catchphrase from Six Million Dollar Man)
- Get Back (The Beatles song)
- Get Buckets (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
- Get N or get out (Nintendo 64 advertising slogan)
- Get Off My Cloud (Rolling Stones song)
- Get Rich quick (Kenco Really Rich Coffee advertising slogan)
- Get a bang out of something
- Get a can on
- Get a feel for
- Get a fix on
- Get a gold star (earn a merit point for doing well)
- Get a grip
- Get a handle on
- Get a kick out of it
- Get a legger on
- Get a life
- Get a little extra help (Halifax advertising slogan)
- Get a load of that
- Get a load on
- Get a move on
- Get a shift on
- Get a toehold
- Get a wiggle on
- Get a word in edgeways
- Get above yourself
- Get around to it
- Get at
- Get away from it all
- Get away with it
- Get away with murder
- Get away with you!
- Get away! (Lunn Polly advertising slogan)
- Get back at
- Get back on your feet
- Get back together
- Get back your oo with Typhoo (Typhoo Tea advertising slogan)
- Get behind in your work
- Get busy with the fizzy (Soda Stream advertising slogan)
- Get by
- Get carried away
- Get connected! (G4 advertising slogan)
- Get cracking
- Get down
- Get down Shep (A catchphrase from John Noakes On Blue Peter)
- Get down and dirty
- Get down and get funky
- Get down to brass tacks
- Get down to business
- Get down with the kids
- Get even
- Get fresh
- Get good wood on it
- Get hitched
- Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
- Get hooked on
- Get in on the act
- Get in on the ground floor
- Get in shape
- Get in your hair
- Get into a scrape
- Get into bed with
- Get into deep water
- Get into gear
- Get into hot water
- Get into shape
- Get into someone’s pants
- Get into the habit
- Get into the swing of it
- Get into your stride
- Get it in the neck
- Get it into your head
- Get it off your chest
- Get it on
- Get it out of your system
- Get it straight
- Get it together
- Get it up
- Get knotted
- Get laid
- Get loaded
- Get lost
- Get more (T-Mobile advertising slogan)
- Get my drift
- Get naked
- Get no change out of someone
- Get nowhere fast
- Get off lightly
- Get off my back
- Get off my case
- Get off my tail
- Get off on the right foot
- Get off on the wrong foot
- Get off the dime
- Get off the ground
- Get off the mark
- Get off to a bad start
- Get off to a flying start
- Get off with
- Get off your arse
- Get off your bike
- Get off your high horse
- Get on in life
- Get on like a house on fire
- Get on with it
- Get on your hind legs
- Get on your nerves
- Get out of hand
- Get out of jail free
- Get out of jail free card (a means of avoiding justice – from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame)
- Get out of my face
- Get out of my hair
- Get out of that (A catchphrase from Eric Morecambe)
- Get out of the wrong side of the bed
- Get out there (Royal Caribbean cruise lines advertising slogan)
- Get over it
- Get over yourself
- Get ready to rumble (prepare to fight or do battle)
- Get real
- Get religion
- Get rich quick
- Get round the table
- Get shot of
- Get shut of
- Get some shuteye
- Get straight to the point
- Get stuck in
- Get stuffed
- Get stupid
- Get the Abbey habit (Abbey National advertising slogan)
- Get the ball rolling
- Get the better of
- Get the bit between your teeth
- Get the chop
- Get the creative juices flowing
- Get the drift
- Get the drop on
- Get the feel of
- Get the hang of it
- Get the hell out of Dodge
- Get the jump on
- Get the lead out
- Get the low down
- Get the message
- Get the monkey off my back
- Get the needle
- Get the picture
- Get the point
- Get the push
- Get the sack
- Get the scoop
- Get the show on the road
- Get the upper hand
- Get thee behind me Satan
- Get thee to a nunnery
- Get to first base
- Get to first base with
- Get to grips with
- Get to second base
- Get to the bottom of
- Get to the end of your tether
- Get to the heart of the matter
- Get under way
- Get under your feet
- Get under your skin
- Get up and go
- Get up steam
- Get up to speed
- Get up your nose
- Get used to it
- Get weaving
- Get well soon
- Get while the getting’s good
- Get while the going is good
- Get wind of
- Get with it
- Get with the program
- Get your act together
- Get your ass into gear
- Get your ass over here
- Get your coat
- Get your coat, you’ve pulled
- Get your ducks in a row
- Get your end away
- Get your eye in
- Get your facts straight
- Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing (St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan)
- Get your feet under the table
- Get your feet wet
- Get your fingers burnt
- Get your foot in the door
- Get your hands dirty
- Get your head around something
- Get your head down
- Get your head together
- Get your hooks into something
- Get your kit off
- Get your leg over
- Get your lumps
- Get your marching orders
- Get your message across
- Get your money’s worth
- Get your monkey up
- Get your paws on it
- Get your retaliation in first
- Get your rocks off
- Get your shit together
- Get your skates on
- Get your smile on (Lay’s potato chips advertising slogan)
- Get your tanks off my lawn
- Get your teeth into
- Get your ticket punched
- Get your toe in the door
- Get your way
- Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper song)
- Give and take
- Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile
- Give or take
- Go ahead, make my day (A catchphrase from Sudden Impact)
- Go on punk make my day
- Good fences make good neighbours
- Good luck would have it
- Good morning! Have you used Pear’s Soap? (Pears’ Soap advertising slogan)
- Got To Get You Into My Life (The Beatles song)
- Gotta have my pops! (Corn Pops advertising slogan)
- Graded grains make finer flour (Homepride Flour advertising slogan)
- Granny, what big teeth you have got
- Had a good war (to have been successful during a military campaign)
- Hard cases make bad law
- Hard to take
- Have I got news for you
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland song)
- Have a Captain Cook (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
- Have a Tropicana Morning (Tropicana advertising slogan)
- Have a ball
- Have a bird
- Have a bite to eat
- Have a bone to pick
- Have a break, have a Kit Kat (Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan)
- Have a coke and a smile (Coca Cola advertising slogan)
- Have a crack at something
- Have a cross to bear
- Have a crush on
- Have a dekko
- Have a drag
- Have a field day
- Have a fit
- Have a fix
- Have a flat
- Have a fling
- Have a flutter
- Have a glow on
- Have a go
- Have a go hero
- Have a guess
- Have a hand in
- Have a heart
- Have a laugh
- Have a look
- Have a looksee
- Have a mind to
- Have a nice day
- Have a puff
- Have a say in
- Have a shot at
- Have a sip
- Have a soft spot for
- Have a stab at
- Have a thing about
- Have a whiz
- Have a word with yourself
- Have all the luck
- Have an inkling
- Have at you
- Have at your fingertips
- Have clean hands
- Have designs on
- Have fun
- Have gun, will travel (A catchphrase from TV series)
- Have half a mind to
- Have in your sights
- Have it away
- Have it both ways
- Have it coming
- Have it in for
- Have it in hand
- Have it made
- Have it out with
- Have it your own way
- Have it your way (Burger King advertising slogan)
- Have many irons in the fire
- Have no truck with
- Have one on me
- Have someone on toast
- Have someone’s ear
- Have the advantage of
- Have the ball at your feet
- Have the final say
- Have the painters in
- Have the stomach for
- Have the world at your fingertips
- Have tickets on yourself
- Have to your name
- Have words with
- Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)
- Have you driven a Ford lately? (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
- Have you ever had a bad time in Levi’s? (Levi’s Jeans advertising slogan)
- Have you ever wished you were better informed? (The Times advertising slogan)
- Have you for breakfast
- Have you got a light mac?
- Have you had your Weetabix (Weetabix advertising slogan)
- Have you had your break today? (McDonald’s advertising slogan)
- Have you read any good books lately?
- Have your best interests at heart
- Have your bread buttered on both sides
- Have your ears chewed off
- Have your fingers in the till
- Have your hair stand on end
- Have your head examined
- Have your period
- Have your ticket punched
- Have your wits about you
- Have your work cut out for you
- He doesn’t have both oars in the water
- Heads I win, tails you lose
- Her Honeymoon – and it should have been mine! (Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan)
- Hey Jude, Don’t Make It Bad (The Beatles song lyric)
- Houston, we have a problem (John Swigert Jr. quotation)
- How To Win Friends And Influence People (Dale Carnegie book)
- How does the wireless industry make you feel? (Sprint PCS advertising slogan)
- How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child?
- I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (Rolling Stones song)
- I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Muse song)
- I Get Around (Beach Boys song)
- I Should Have Known Better (Beatles song)
- I Who Have Nothing (Shirley Bassey song)
- I did not have sexual relations with that woman
- I didn’t get where I am today (A catchphrase from Martin Clunes In Reggie Perrin)
- I don’t have to show you any stinking badges (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
- I get knocked down, but I get up again (Chumbawumba song)
- I get no respect, I tell ya (A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue)
- I have a cunning plan (A catchphrase from Blackadder)
- I have a dream
- I have it on good authority
- I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work (Thomas Edison quotation)
- I have not slept one wink
- I have nothing to declare but my genius (Oscar Wilde quotation)
- I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat (Winston Churchill quotation)
- I have the power! (A catchphrase from He-Man In Masters Of The Universe)
- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by (Douglas Adams quotation)
- I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception (Groucho Marx line)
- I will make you fishers of men
- I’d rather have a bowl of Coco Pops (Coco Pops advertising slogan)
- I’ll Get By With Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles song)
- I’ll have what she’s having (A catchphrase from When Harry Met Sally)
- I’ll have your guts for garters
- I’ll make it my business
- I’ll take my hat off to you
- I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Reality TV show)
- I’m a celebrity get me out of here
- I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
- I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse (The Godfather)
- I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! (LifeCall Personal Emergency Response Systems advertising slogan)
- If God had meant us to fly he would have given us wings
- If I tell you I will have to shoot you
- If I tell you, I’ll have to kill you
- If all the world were Jell-O, And whipped cream filled the sea, Then the only spoon from here to the moon Would have to belong to me (Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan)
- If enough people would stop smoking and start drinking, we could get out of ashtrays and into vermouth (Cinzano advertising slogan)
- If it doesn’t get all over the place, it doesn’t belong in your face (Carl’s Jr advertising slogan)
- If man were meant to fly, God would have lowered the fares (American Coach Lines advertising slogan)
- If that don’t take the rag off the bush
- If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen (A catchphrase from Harry S Truman)
- If you don’t get it, you don’t get it (The Washington Post advertising slogan)
- If you don’t make mistakes you don’t make anything
- If you have to ask the price you can’t afford it (Rolls Royce slogan)
- If you have your health you have everything
- If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
- If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
- If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything (Mark Twain quotation)
- If you think that you have another think coming
- If you vote for Goldwater, you’ll get a war in Vietnam (Political slogan)
- If you want Kentucky Fried Chicken, you have to visit me (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
- If you want to get ahead, get a hat (Hat Council advertising slogan)
- If your friendly neighborhood grocer doesn’t have a jar knock something off a shelf on the way out (Dilly Beans advertising slogan)
- Impulse purchase
- It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me (Buck Owens song)
- It doesn’t take a minute to bag it and bin it (UK public advertisement advertising slogan)
- It don’t make no nevermind
- It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear it
- It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken (Perdue Farms advertising slogan)
- It takes all sorts to make a world
- It’s a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done
- It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
- It’s how the smooth take the rough (Range Rover advertising slogan)
- It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game
- It’s so big, you’ve gotta grin to get it in (Wagon Wheels advertising slogan)
- It’s the things that make you go Mmmmm (Macdonalds advertising slogan)
- Just because you are paranoid it doesn’t mean that they aren’t out to get you
- Just put your lips together and blow (To Have And Have Not)
- Kiss and make up
- Know how many beans make five
- Land of make believe
- Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
- Let me make one thing perfectly clear
- Let me not judge anyone until I have walked a mile in his moccasins
- Let me take you down, cos I’m going to Strawberry Fields (Beatles song lyric)
- Let nature take its course
- Let the train take the strain (British Rail advertising slogan)
- Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye song)
- Let’s get busy
- Let’s get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini
- Let’s get physical
- Let’s make things better (Philips advertising slogan)
- Lie down with dogs: get up with fleas
- Life is what you make it
- Like mother used to make
- Little pitchers have big ears
- Luck would have it
- Made to make your mouth water (Opal Fruits advertising slogan)
- Make 7-up yours (7-Up advertising slogan)
- Make Your Own Kind Of Music (Mama Cass Elliot song)
- Make a back
- Make a balls of something
- Make a beeline for
- Make a bid for
- Make a bolt for the door
- Make a break for it
- Make a bundle of money
- Make a clean break
- Make a clean breast of it
- Make a complete fool of yourself
- Make a date
- Make a day of it
- Make a deal with the devil
- Make a difference
- Make a face
- Make a fool of yourself
- Make a fresh start
- Make a fuss
- Make a go of it
- Make a good fist of it
- Make a good job of it
- Make a hash of it
- Make a killing
- Make a list; check it twice
- Make a man out of you
- Make a meal of it
- Make a monkey out of him
- Make a mountain out of a molehill
- Make a move on
- Make a name for yourself
- Make a pass at
- Make a pig of yourself
- Make a pitch
- Make a pitch for
- Make a play for
- Make a rod for your own back
- Make a sale
- Make a scene (causing a disturbance)
- Make a song and dance about
- Make a spectacle of yourself
- Make a splash
- Make a virtue out of a necessity
- Make a world of difference
- Make allowances
- Make amends
- Make an ass of yourself
- Make an entrance
- Make an example of
- Make an exhibition of yourself
- Make an honest woman of
- Make believe
- Make bold
- Make contact
- Make do
- Make do and mend
- Make ends meet
- Make every day a McDonalds Day (McDonald’s advertising slogan)
- Make eyes at
- Make fast
- Make first base
- Make free with
- Make friends
- Make fun of
- Make giant strides
- Make good
- Make good time
- Make good your escape
- Make great play of
- Make haste
- Make haste slowly
- Make hay
- Make hay while the sun shines
- Make heavy weather of
- Make history
- Make inquiries
- Make it big
- Make it rain
- Make it snappy
- Make it so (A catchphrase from Star Trek)
- Make it up
- Make life difficult
- Make light of
- Make light work of
- Make like a banana and split
- Make like a tree and leave
- Make little of
- Make love
- Make love not war
- Make magic
- Make matters worse
- Make me beautiful
- Make mention of
- Make merry
- Make mincemeat out of
- Make mine Moxie (Moxie soda advertising slogan)
- Make mine a double
- Make mischief
- Make my day
- Make nice
- Make no bones about
- Make no mistake
- Make no secret of
- Make off with
- Make old bones
- Make one’s hackles rise
- Make out
- Make over
- Make poverty history
- Make ready
- Make room
- Make sail
- Make sense of
- Make sheep’s eyes at
- Make short work of
- Make some noise
- Make someone happy with a phone call (British Telecom advertising slogan)
- Make someone’s toes curl
- Make the best of a bad job
- Make the cut
- Make the feathers fly
- Make the grade
- Make the most of it
- Make the scene
- Make the team
- Make tracks
- Make trouble
- Make up
- Make up for lost time
- Make war
- Make waves
- Make way
- Make welcome
- Make whoopee
- Make your bed and lie in it
- Make your fortune
- Make your head spin
- Make your mark
- Make your move
- Make your way
- Make yourself at home
- Make yourself heard (Ericsson advertising slogan)
- Make yourself scarce
- Make-up to make love in (Mary Quant advertising slogan)
- Many hands make light work
- Missed it by that much! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
- Mistakes have been made
- Mr Kipling does make exceedingly good cakes (Mr Kipling Cakes advertising slogan)
- Must have
- Must have accessory
- Must win game
- Nice work if you can get it
- Nine tailors make a man
- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent (Eleanor Roosevelt quotation)
- No pain, no gain
- No win, no fee
- No wonder the English have kept cool for 192 years (Gordon’s Gin advertising slogan)
- Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about (The Beatles song lyric)
- Oh, Max! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
- Oh, how the mighty have fallen
- Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone (line from nursery rhyme)
- On the make
- On the take
- On your mark, get set, go
- One swallow doesn’t make a summer
- One year’s seeds make seven year weeds
- Only Smarties have the answer (Smarties advertising slogan)
- Open the box (A catchphrase from Take Your Pick)
- Out to get you
- Parents who use drugs have kids who use drugs (The Partnership for a Drug-Free America advertising slogan)
- Piss or get off the pot
- Play hard to get
- Play to win
- Polly put the kettle on, we’ll all have tea (line from nursery rhyme)
- Preaching to the choir
- Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? (line from nursery rhyme)
- Put the make on
- Ready, get set, go
- Reap the rewards of Money (Money Magazine advertising slogan)
- Rest up (take a break from one’s arduous efforts)
- Say the magic word and win $100 dollars (A catchphrase from Groucho Marx In You Bet Your Life)
- See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you’ll have all day
- Seesaw Margery Daw Johnny shall have a new master (line from nursery rhyme)
- Shit or get off the pot
- Shovel ready (a building project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged)
- Shrouds have no pockets
- Shut up and take my money (A catchphrase from Futurama)
- Since when I have used no other (Pears’ Soap advertising slogan)
- Sit up and take notice
- Some Guys Have All The Luck (Robert Palmer song)
- Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em
- Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them
- Some you win: some you lose
- Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
- Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
- Stay contented, get Radio Rented (Radio Rentals advertising slogan)
- Step up to the mark (mark yourself ready to take responsibility)
- Stop the world I want to get off
- Stranger things have happened
- Suck it up (accept a bad situation and move on)
- Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
- Take A Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
- Take Five (Dave Brubeck tune)
- Take On Me (a-ha song)
- Take The A Train (Duke Ellington tune)
- Take These Chains From My Heart (Ray Charles song)
- Take a Mulligan
- Take a Thomas Cook at our prices! (Thomas Cook Travel advertising slogan)
- Take a back seat
- Take a bath
- Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin (Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan)
- Take a beating
- Take a bite out of crime
- Take a bite out of crime! (National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan)
- Take a bite out of something
- Take a blue pencil to
- Take a bow
- Take a breather
- Take a butchers (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
- Take a chance on me (ABBA lyric)
- Take a chill pill
- Take a cold hard look
- Take a dip
- Take a fall for
- Take a few deep breaths
- Take a flier
- Take a gamble
- Take a gander
- Take a hammering
- Take a hard line
- Take a healthy interest
- Take a hike
- Take a long walk off a short pier
- Take a long walk off a short plank
- Take a moment
- Take a pew
- Take a pop at
- Take a pot shot at
- Take a powder
- Take a raincheck
- Take a running jump
- Take a seat
- Take a shine to
- Take a stab at
- Take a stand
- Take a swing at
- Take a turn for the worse
- Take account of
- Take advantage of
- Take after
- Take aim
- Take apart
- Take care of
- Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
- Take centre stage
- Take charge
- Take courage (Courage Beer advertising slogan)
- Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
- Take down a peg or two
- Take five
- Take flight
- Take for granted
- Take fright
- Take home pay
- Take in your stride
- Take issue with
- Take it as read
- Take it as you find it
- Take it easy
- Take it for a spin
- Take it from the top
- Take it in good part
- Take it into your head
- Take it like a man
- Take it offline
- Take it on the chin
- Take it on the lam
- Take it or leave it
- Take it outside
- Take it to heart
- Take it to the mattresses
- Take it to the next level
- Take it up a gear
- Take it up a notch
- Take it with a grain of salt
- Take leave of your senses
- Take liberties
- Take liberties with
- Take me out to the ball game
- Take me to the river
- Take me to your leader
- Take no prisoners
- Take note of
- Take one day at a time
- Take one for the team
- Take shape
- Take someone out
- Take someone to law
- Take someone to one side
- Take someone to task
- Take someone to the woodshed
- Take someone’s word for it
- Take something on board
- Take steps
- Take stock
- Take the Michael
- Take the air
- Take the bait
- Take the biscuit
- Take the bit between your teeth
- Take the bread out of someone’s mouth
- Take the bull by the horns
- Take the chequered flag
- Take the count
- Take the easy way out
- Take the edge off
- Take the field (begin a sporting event or a military campaign)
- Take the good with the bad
- Take the king’s shilling
- Take the law into your own hands
- Take the lead
- Take the mickey
- Take the money and run
- Take the money, open the box
- Take the piss
- Take the pledge
- Take the plunge
- Take the rap
- Take the rough with the smooth
- Take the shilling
- Take the shirt off your back
- Take the town by storm
- Take the veil
- Take the weight off your feet
- Take the wind out of my sails
- Take the words out of my mouth
- Take time out
- Take to the boats
- Take to the hills
- Take to your bed
- Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
- Take umbrage
- Take under your wing
- Take up residence
- Take up the cudgels for
- Take up the slack
- Take up your bed and walk
- Take with a grain of salt
- Take with a pinch of salt
- Take your breath away
- Take your cue
- Take your groceries for a swim
- Take your hand in marriage
- Take your hat off to
- Take your heels
- Take your life
- Take your life in your hands
- Take your lumps
- Take your mind of it
- Take your pick
- Take your pleasure where you can find it
- Tell someone where to get off
- Tetley make teabags make tea (Tetley Tea advertising slogan)
- That and a nickel will get you a ride on the subway
- That’s the second biggest … I’ve ever seen! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
- The Devil take the hindmost
- The Devil take you
- The French Have A Word For It (Josh Lanyon book)
- The French have a word for it
- The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow (line from nursery rhyme)
- The ayes have it
- The best a man can get (Gillette advertising slogan)
- The best tyres in the world have Goodyear written all over them (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
- The best way to get music out of your system (Philips advertising slogan)
- The busiest men have the most leisure
- The chickens have come home to roost
- The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won’t get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
- The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n (from a poem by Milton)
- The more you get the more you want
- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (Political slogan)
- The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
- The road isn’t built that can make it breathe hard! (Chevrolet advertising slogan)
- The scales have fallen from my eyes
- The walls have ears
- The wheels have come off
- They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind
- Things that make you go ‘mmm’ (McDonald’s advertising slogan)
- This is a local shop, we’ll have no trouble here (A catchphrase from The League of Gentlemen)
- Thousands of possibilities, get yours (Best Buy advertising slogan)
- Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all (from a poem by Tennyson)
- To Have And Have Not (Humphrey Bogart movie)
- To assume makes an ass out of u and me
- To get one’s back up
- To have and to hold
- To have words with
- To make a long story short
- To make that tough job easier – you deserve M&M candy (M&Ms advertising slogan)
- Together we make a great team (Midland Bank advertising slogan)
- Took the collar (A baseball expression meaning failing to get any hits)
- Top people take the Times (The Times advertising slogan)
- Two and two make five
- Two and two make four
- Two blacks don’t make a white
- Two wrongs don’t make a right
- Walls have ears
- War eagle (the golden eagle – used by Native Americans to make headdresses)
- We have lift off
- We have seen better days
- We have to earn our wings every day (Eastern Airlines advertising slogan)
- We have ways of making you talk
- We make it simple (Honda advertising slogan)
- We make money the old fashioned way, we earn it (Smith Barney advertising slogan)
- We make things that bring people closer (Western Electrics advertising slogan)
- We make things that make communications work (Lucent Technologies advertising slogan)
- We never forget you have a choice (British Caledonian Airline advertising slogan)
- We used to have one of those, but the wheels fell off
- We won’t make a drama out of a crisis (Commercial Union advertising slogan)
- We’ll always have Paris (Casablanca
- We’ll take good care of you (British Airways advertising slogan)
- What You Want is What You Get (McDonald’s advertising slogan)
- What does that have to do with the price of beans in Tijauna?
- What does that have to do with the price of fish?
- What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
- What have the Romans ever done for us?
- What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare (from a poem by Davies)
- What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
- What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
- What you see is what you get
- When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going (A catchphrase from Joseph Kennedy)
- When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash
- When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (Pete Seeger song)
- Why have low calories when you can have no calories (Natrena advertising slogan)
- Win big
- Win by a head
- Win by a mile
- Win by a neck
- Win by a nose
- Win faster (One Brand Group advertising slogan)
- Win friends and influence people
- Win lose or draw
- Win on points
- Win over
- Win some, lose some
- Win the day
- Win the wooden spoon
- Win win situation
- Win your spurs
- With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes she shall have music wherever she goes (line from nursery rhyme)
- Won’t make a pom tiddly (Swan Light advertising slogan)
- Workers of the world arise you have nothing to lose but your chains
- Would not get out of bed for
- Would you believe … (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
- Wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick? (Buick advertising slogan)
- Yes, We Have No Bananas (Novelty song)
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stone song)
- You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (Carole King song)
- You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (Bing Crosby song)
- You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me (Meatloaf song)
- You can always get it at the Co-op (Co-op advertising slogan)
- You can have any colour as long as it’s black
- You can have too much of a good thing
- You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
- You can lead a whore to culture but you can’t make her think
- You can take that to the bank
- You can’t get blood out of a stone
- You can’t get there from here
- You can’t have your cake and eat it too
- You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear
- You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
- You can’t make bricks without straw
- You can’t take it back, it’s out there (When Harry met Sally)
- You can’t take it with you
- You can’t win them all
- You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife
- You could have heard a pin drop
- You could have knocked me down with a feather
- You couldn’t make it up
- You don’t get a second chance at a first impression
- You don’t have to be Jewish to love Levy’s Rye Bread (Levy’s Rye Bread advertising slogan)
- You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps
- You don’t have to be silly to drink TK, but it helps! (TK minerals advertising slogan)
- You get a big delight in every bite of Hostess snacks (Hostess advertising slogan)
- You get what you pay for
- You have entered the twilight zone (A catchphrase from The Twilight Zone)
- You have the right to remain silent
- You have to be in it to win it
- You make your bed, you sleep in it
- You only get one chance to make a first impression
- You pay your money and you take your choice
- You reap what you sow
- You take the high road: I’ll take the low road
- You too can have a body like mine (Charles Atlas advertising slogan)
- You win some: you lose some
- You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore
- You’ll get shot
- You’ll get square eyes
- You’ll never take me alive copper
- Your mission, if you choose to accept it … (A catchphrase from Mission Impossible)
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