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View synonyms for take off

take off

verb

  1. tr to remove or discard (a garment)
  2. intr (of an aircraft) to become airborne
  3. informal.
    to set out or cause to set out on a journey

    they took off for Spain

  4. tr (of a disease) to prove fatal to; kill
  5. informal.
    tr to mimic or imitate, esp in an amusing or satirical manner
  6. informal.
    intr to become successful or popular, esp suddenly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act or process of making an aircraft airborne
  2. the stage of a country's economic development when rapid and sustained economic growth is first achieved
  3. informal.
    an act of mimicry; imitation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Tasso gripped the take-off switch, running her fingers over the smooth metal.

The take-off of the Brainchild was not so easy as it might have appeared to anyone who watched it from the outside.

Just as the stranger in his airplane was warming up his motor for a take-off, he saw two boys come out on the end of the meadow.

Kerk closed the lock himself and they found couches as the take-off horn sounded.

The take-off siren was hooting now, the close lock light blinking an angry message from the bridge.

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