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What (who) is take off - definition
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Take-off; Take-Off; Take off (disambiguation); Take Off; Takeoff (disambiguation); Take Off (song); Take Off (film); Take Off (album); Take Off (EP)
take-off
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take off
1.
When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying.
We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.
? land
PHRASAL VERB: V P
2.
If something such as a product, an activity, or someone's career takes off, it suddenly becomes very successful.
In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.
PHRASAL VERB: V P
3.
If you take off or take yourself off, you go away, often suddenly and unexpectedly.
He took off at once and headed back to the motel...
He took himself off to Mexico.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V pron-refl P
4.
If you take a garment off, you remove it.
He wouldn't take his hat off...
She took off her spectacles.
? put on
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
5.
If you take time off, you obtain permission not to go to work for a short period of time.
Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off...
She took two days off work.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P n
6.
If you take someone off, you make them go with you to a particular place, especially when they do not want to go there.
The police stopped her and took her off to a police station...
= take away
PHRASAL VERB: V n P prep/adv
7.
If you take someone off, you imitate them and the things that they do and say, in such a way that you make other people laugh. (mainly BRIT)
Mike can take off his father to perfection.
= mimic
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
8.
see also takeoff
take off
1.
Remove, divest one's self of.
2.
Remove, take away, carry off.
3.
Cut off.
4.
Withdraw, withhold.
5.
Destroy, kill.
6.
Swallow, drink.
7.
Imitate, personate, mimic.
8.
Copy, reproduce.
9.
Remove, invalidate.
Wikipedia
Take off
Take off commonly refers to:
- Takeoff, the aircraft flight phase in which a vehicle goes from the ground to flying in the air
- Parody, a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or make fun of its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation
Take off, Take Off or Takeoff may also refer to:
Examples of use of take off
1. The aeroplane was moving down the runway ready for take–off when the problem was spotted, but it had not reached take–off velocity.
2. You take–off deep behind the rock and it‘s a really steep take–off and it is not a user friendly wave.
3. Flights continued to take off and land during the evacuation.
4. Take–off is another carefully choreographed team effort.
5. It crashed 10 minutes after take–off, airport officials said.