To succeed.
To slope in an upward direction.
To become higher in pitch.
To move upward, to fly, to soar.
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman.
To go up.
To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
To make a choice with an uncertain outcome; to take a chance.
To invest against odds.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, flyer.