cross the Rubicon
step up to the plate
play
go by
step up
make a virtue of necessity
push the right buttons
toy with
face the music
take on
get what's coming to one
play the odds
pay the fiddler
play into someone's hands
sign one's death warrant
dictate
put the cart before the horse
rine
counter
misact
frontfire
boof
see to
slight
take
show one's butt
make
elect
make a stick for one's own back
bark up the wrong tree
be
hold the fort
move
adopt
cut ice
should
wash with
take responsibility
bite in the arse
chut pattern
run around like a chicken with its head cut off
teach
have it coming
hazard
work
fall into a trap
misbehave
implicate
bear
act
make hay while the sun shines
responsibilize
see one's way clear to
greenlight
intervene