step down	to resign
step up	to increase
stick up for sth	to defend (yourself, your rights etc)
take in	to deceive
take it out on sb	to make sb suffer because of your own sufferings
take off	to imitate
take on	to acquire a new characteristic/ to do sth extra
take out insurance	to insure
take over	to gain control of sth
take to sb	to develop a linking for sb
take up time	to occupy time
talk sb out of doing sth	to dissuade sb from doing sth
talk sb into doing sth	to persuade sb into doing sth
tell sb off	to scold sb
tie in with	to be in agreement with
track sb down	to trace the whereabouts of sb
try sth out	test sth
turn sb down	to reject an offer
turn out	to happen to be in the and/ to come to a meeting, to form a crowd
turn up	to be discovered by chance/ to arrive unexpectedly
wear off	to lose effect (drug)
work out	to calculate