to blame / to lash out at, to lay into

to take up one's pen, to write a letter

(Quebec, slang) to get wasted, drunk, smashed

(idiomatic) to retire (stop working)

(transitive) to take by surprise, to catch off guard, to catch napping

to speak, to give a speech before a group, to take the floor

Alternative form of prendre le relais

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

(transitive) to blindside, take somebody unawares, to catch someone napping, to catch somebody off-guard, to bowl a googly to someone