To proceed at a good pace. / To arrive in good time. / To use one's time efficiently.

(archaic) To get dressed.

To attract great notoriety.

To undertake to accomplish something or see it done.

Alternative form of make a fist of

(transitive, obsolete) To attack or take up arms against (someone). / (figuratively) To resist, oppose.

(idiomatic) To be a crucial or deciding factor; to have a very significant effect (often a positive one).

To help oneself liberally to food at table.

(idiomatic, Ireland) To embarrass oneself or others in public.

(dated) To greet a person with a respectful bow or curtsey.