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I gather

= I understand [...] e.g.  Yes, you’ve retired from surgery. You feel, I gather, that the hand-eye coordination and three-dimensional reasoning to which you credit your excellence as a surgeon will decline in your sixties. Note: "Gather", however, has overtones of "despite the fact you didn't state X explicitly, I've still managed to work it out". So it could sound a bit dismissive in an application.

steal someone's thunder

Fig.   to   lessen   someone's   force   or   authority.   What  do  you   mean  by  coming  in  here   and   stealing  my  thunder? I'm  in  charge   here!   someone   stole  my  thunder  by  leaking  my  announcement  to  the   press. To   use,   appropriate,   or   preempt   the   use   of   another's   idea,   especially   to   one's   own   advantage   and   without consent   by   the   originator.

cover that base

You say you and [...] agreed before [...] to not [...]. So clearly, you have some defense in the matter. Not to say a [...] doesn't have the right to change [...] mind, but you did cover that base before getting [...].

give somebody a run for their money

to   compete   very   strongly   against   someone   who   is   expected   to   win   a   competition   I  think   only   Liverpool   will  be able  to  give   Manchester   United  a  run   for   their   money   next   season. e.g. " Record-Setting Hurricanes Create Beautiful Mess Across The Pacific " - Mother Nature is giving Van Gogh a run for his money.