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take off (enc)

Take Off

Verb1.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"
sally forth, sally out - set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner
2.take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe, peel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
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"
take off, start out, set forth, set off, set out, start, depart, part - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
4.take off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily
cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
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"
discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe, peel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
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"
uncloak - remove a cloak from
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 subtraction
arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation

 

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