aba or abba /aˈbə/ or abaya /a-bāˈyə/

1. A Syrian cloth of goat's or camel's hair, usu striped
2. An outer garment made of it
3. A covering outer garment, usu black, worn by women in some Arab countries

ABA

1. Amateur Boxing Association
2. American Bar Association

• take the bit in one's teeth
• take the bread out of someone's mouth
• take the bull by the horns
• take the cake
• take the chair
• take the chill off
• take the consequences
• take the edge off
• take the field
• take the Fifth
• take the floor
• take the gilt off the gingerbread
• take the heat out of
• take their course
• take the king's shilling
• take the law into one's own hands
• take the liberty
• take the lid off
• take the michael
• tempts
• tempura
• tempuras
• tempus fugit
• tems
• temse