1 to gain

2 to get

3 to acquire

1 to receive

2 to draw

3 to get

1 to lend

2 to borrow

3 by means of

4 to take (an opportunity)

1 to draw support from

2 with the help of

1 to use as an excuse

2 on the pretext

3 excuse

4 pretext

1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)

1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb

2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work

3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)

1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise