Phrases. to bring to stall: to bring to a stand, to fix, settle. to hold one's stall: to stand firm, keep one's position. to make, take,etc., stall…

intransitive. To camp; (more generally) to ensconce oneself temporarily, esp. in the open. Also in extended use: to establish a settlement, settle.

intransitive. With preposition: to move into or occupy a specified position (chiefly figurative); to be part of or ally oneself with a certain…

intransitive. Of people: to range themselves. Obsolete. rare.

to take (up) (one's) station: to take up a preferred or assigned position; to take one's place.

Military. intransitive. To take one's place in a military formation; to get in line. Frequently in imperative.

to take ground: to take up, or move into, a certain position. literal and figurative.

intransitive for reflexive. To settle, take up a position; esp. to settle permanently, take up one's abode.

A place, esp. an elevated or precarious one, where a person or thing alights or rests. to take one's (also a) perch: to alight; to sit down.

intransitive with reflexive meaning. To be stationed, to take up a position. rare.