(music) to give the tuning note / (figuratively) to set the pace, to set the tone

(transitive with à) to sir someone, to call someone ‘sir’ obsequiously and excessively

(transitive with à) to give one's hand (to someone)

(transitive with à) to give one's arm (to someone)

(figuratively, transitive with à) to bring someone out in a rash, to get on someone's nerves

(transitive with pour) to bend over backwards, go to a lot of effort

(informal) to let someone guess (used to dramatise something unsurprising.)

(derogatory) to make a show of oneself, to make a spectacle of oneself, to make an exhibition of oneself

(figuratively) to give of oneself, not to spare oneself, to go out of one's way to help others

(derogatory) to put on airs, to give oneself airs