To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.

(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.

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

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

(intransitive) To speak at a public meeting.

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

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

To ascertain the latitude by means of the sun.

(obsolete) To become a highwayman.

(slang) To urinate.