Other Definitions take off (enc)
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Take Off| Verb | 1. | take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida"go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" lift off, take off - depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late" roar off - leave; "The car roared off into the fog" blaze out, blaze - move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" | | | 2. | take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" declaw - remove the claws from; "declaw a cat" dehorn - take the horns off (an animal) | | | 3. | take off - depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late" | | | 4. | take off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily | | | 5. | take off - mimic or imitate, especially in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"imitate, simulate, copy - reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" | | | 6. | take off - remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"peel off - take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" slip off - take off with ease or speed; "She slipped off her jacket" doff - remove; "He doffed his hat" | | | 7. | take off - get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"get going, start, go - begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" | | | 8. | take off - prove fatal; "The disease took off"kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | | | 9. | take off - make a subtractionarithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations | |
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