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• take off — {v. phr.} 1a. To leave fast; depart suddenly; run away. * /The dog took off after a rabbit./ Compare: LIGHT OUT. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /The six boys got into the car and took off for the drug store./ 2. To leave on a flight, begin… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• take off — {v. phr.} 1a. To leave fast; depart suddenly; run away. * /The dog took off after a rabbit./ Compare: LIGHT OUT. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /The six boys got into the car and took off for the drug store./ 2. To leave on a flight, begin… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• take|off — take off or take|off «TAYK F, OF», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the leaving of the ground in leaping or in beginning a flight in an aircraft; taking off: »Vertical take offs and landings long have been a goal of aircraft engineers and builders (Wall… …   Useful english dictionary

• take off — [v1] leave; leave the ground ascend, bear, beat it, become airborne, begone, blast off, blow*, clear out*, decamp, depart, disappear, exit, get off, get out, go, go away, head, hightail*, hit the road*, hit the trail*, lift off, light out*, make* …   New thesaurus

• Take off — v. i. 1. to begin a leap from a surface or a flight into the air; especially, (of a bird or an airplane) to leave the ground and begin to fly; as, flight CA123 took off on schedule at 3:00 PM. [PJC] 2. to begin a period of accelerating growth or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• take-off — n 1.) [U and C] the time when a plane leaves the ground and begins to fly 2.) a humorous performance that copies the way someone behaves 3.) the time when your feet leave the ground when you are jumping …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• take off — verb 1. leave (Freq. 15) The family took off for Florida • Syn: ↑depart, ↑part, ↑start, ↑start out, ↑set forth, ↑set off, ↑set out …   Useful english dictionary

• take off — Synonyms and related words: abate, abscind, absquatulate, act, act a part, act as, act out, advance, allow, ameliorate, amend, amputate, annihilate, ape, aspire, ban, bar, bate, bear, become airborne, begin, begone, bereave of life, blast away,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• take off — 1) PHRASAL VERB When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying. [V P] We eventually took off at 11 o clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30. Ant: land 2) PHRASAL VERB If something such as a product, an activity, or someone s… …   English dictionary

• take off — phrasal verb Word forms take off : present tense I/you/we/they take off he/she/it takes off present participle taking off past tense took off past participle taken off 1) [transitive] to remove something, especially a piece of clothing I d better …   English dictionary

• take-off — UK / US noun Word forms take off : singular take off plural take offs 1) a) [countable/uncountable] an occasion when a plane leaves the ground and starts to fly half an hour before take off b) [countable] an occasion when someone s feet leave the …   English dictionary