to look good, to look one's best, to appear in one's best light

to move with the times

to have seen one's day, to have had one's day, to have seen better days, to be past one's sell-by date

(figurative) to show one's true colors, to show one's true stripes, to show one's true face

to be knocked down a peg, to fall from one's pedestal

one's love, one's heart's desire, one's beloved

(transitive) to appropriate, to take on board, to preempt, to pick up, to seize upon / (transitive) to endorse, to echo, to preempt

to be about to leave, to be on the way out

Synonym of prêcher pour sa paroisse

(transitive, figuratively) to like, to hold dear