To stop liking or supporting someone; to become unfriendly towards.

To act; to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem.

To dismantle something into its component pieces. / To move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private. / (informal) To soundly defeat someone, or a team.

(transitive) To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage.

To form a close relationship with (someone). / To become interested in (something). / To begin living together with; to lodge with.

(idiomatic) To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.

To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel. / (idiomatic, by extension) To assume control of a situation.

Alternative form of profit taking

The act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it.

plural of profit taking