(of a horse); (dated, figuratively) to have one's fling, to have one's youthful indiscretions, to sow one's wild oats (to spend a period of one's youth behaving irresponsibly)

(informal) to get one's leg over; to shoot one's load; to get laid

(figuratively) to declare one's love [+ à (someone) = to]

(informal) to know one's stuff, to know one's onions

(of a river) to rise, to have its source (somewhere) / (figuratively) to emerge, to begin, to start, to originate

(transitive with sur) to get one's revenge, on get one's own back on / (sports) (transitive with sur) to settle the score, to even the score, to get even with

(informal) to score brownie points

(figuratively) to scheme

(transitive with à) (informal) to haul someone over the coals, to give someone a dressing down / (transitive with à) (informal) to give someone a working over

to swallow one's pride