(transitive with à) to do well out of, to find one's account in, to benefit from

(figuratively) to find what one was looking for, what one wanted, something one likes

(informal) to have had enough, to have had it

(figuratively) to keep one's cards close to one's chest

to enter, to make one's entrance, to make an entrance

to hold one's breath

(transitive with à) to tip one's hat to, to take one's hat off to

to catch one's breath, to get one's breath back

to take flight, to fly off / to take off, to soar up, to flourish, to blossom

to take a run-up