A strait or firth between the Isle of Mull and the Slate Islands.

A bay in the Baltic Sea between Germany and the Danish islands of Lolland, Falster and Møn.

A strait between Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea.

(of an animal with claws) To prepare to attack or retaliate / (of a person, idiomatic) To prepare to attack or retaliate

A strait that connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai in the east.

(idiomatic) to start quickly.

A strait between Corsica and Sardinia, connecting the Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea.

(soccer) A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.

(idiomatic) To begin rapidly.

(idiomatic) maintaining a slight advantage; continuing to lead