to take over, to handle it from here, to take it from here, to pick up the slack

(transitive with sur) to move in front of someone, to precede / (transitive with sur) (figurative) to take precedence, to trump in significance

(informal) to get wise, get cute, to act smart, to try to be clever, to be impertinent

(informal, figuratively) to hit rock bottom, to hit the rocks, to bottom out

on-the-job, on the job

for the time being, for now

(figuratively) to elude a question, to kick into touch, to muddy the waters, to cloud the issue, to confuse

(transitive with à) to follow in someone's footsteps, to follow suit

to say the least

(informal) for the rest, otherwise