To be seized with a sudden (often ill-advised) notion.

To make oneself comfortable.

To engage in a contest. / (idiomatic, followed by on behalf of or for) to make a defence for someone or something; to intercede supportively.

To become ordained within the Christian church.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of take the edge off

(transitive) To marry. / (transitive) To make an intimate friend of.

Ellipsis of it takes all sorts to make a world.

(idiomatic) Alternative form of cross to bear

(chiefly UK, figuratively) To accept both the positive and negative elements in a situation.

(US, slang) Synonym of take a powder (“depart in a hurry”)