take-off
Verbs
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(v) leave
- The family took off for Florida
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(v) take away or remove
- Take that weight off me!
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(v) depart from the ground
- The plane took off two hours late
- (v) take time off from work; stop working temporarily take time off,
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(v) mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- This song takes off from a famous aria
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(v) remove clothes
- take off your shirt--it's very hot in here
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(v) get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- the project took a long time to get off the ground
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(v) prove fatal
- The disease took off
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(v) make a subtraction
- subtract this amount from my paycheck