(transitive, intransitive, informal, figuratively) to be gut-wrenching (to be very moving, to be poignant)

(figuratively) to take a step back, to step back and get some perspective

to take it on the chin, to bite the bullet, to keep one's cool, to take it like a man, to suck it up

(transitive, informal, figuratively) to sandwich / (transitive, informal, figuratively) to double-team

(transitive) to give chase to, to chase, to pursue, to hunt

(transitive) to take to task, to set about, to tackle, to challenge, to take on, to mistreat, to rough up

(transitive) (espionage) to shadow, to tail (to secretly track or follow another)

to get into the groove; to get used to, to get into the habit of

(informal, figuratively) to leave a room; to leave / (informal, figuratively) to get sacked, to get the sack, to find oneself out on one's ear

to pose, to strike a pose, to strike an attitude