(transitive, idiomatic) To test or try out something, especially an automobile. / (transitive, idiomatic, of a person) To take, as a companion, for a drive in a motor vehicle.

(intransitive) To speak at a public meeting.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, leave. / (often with of) To depart.

(US, dated) To promise to abstain from alcohol.

(idiomatic, somewhat vulgar, euphemistic) To mock; to make fun of.

(transitive, idiomatic) To attempt to achieve or acquire. / (transitive, idiomatic) To attack or challenge or to try to attack or challenge.

(idiomatic) To enter into a rehabilitation program. / To take the waters

(idiomatic) To be lured by an offer, flattery, or a provocation into doing something, especially something disadvantageous or dubious. / To nibble at bait (of a fish) on a hook.

To develop a fondness for.

(colloquial, often in imperative) To change one's attitude or expressed feeling.