to surface, to emerge

to act as / to serve as

(informal) had better

(transitive with à) to woo; to court

(intransitive, figuratively) to beg, to panhandle

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

(figuratively) to get along well, to make good bedfellows

(intransitive) to get on, to get old, to become old

(informal, transitive with à) to stand someone up, to leave someone in the lurch, to let someone down

(figuratively) to be on the wrong track, to bark up the wrong tree