• to put one's pen to paper, to set one's pen to paper, to take pen in hand
• he'll be the death of me
• to keep a tight hold on sy
• to put sy on short commons
• she will lead apes in hell
• to put sy on bread and water
• to put on ration, to put on short ration
• to bet, to go, went, gone, to greet, to lay a bet, to lay wager, to lay, laid, to make a bet, to salute, to stake, to wage, to wager, to welcome
• coat rack, coat stand, coat-rack, hanger, pass, rack
• to cog, to hack, to jag, to notch, to tool, to tooth