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take off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take offverb

    leave

    "The family took off for Florida"

  2. take offverb

    take away or remove

    "Take that weight off me!"

  3. take off, lift offverb

    depart from the ground

    "The plane took off two hours late"

  4. take off, take time offverb

    take time off from work; stop working temporarily

  5. take offverb

    mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner

    "This song takes off from a famous aria"

  6. take offverb

    remove clothes

    "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

  7. get off the ground, take offverb

    get started or set in motion, used figuratively

    "the project took a long time to get off the ground"

  8. take offverb

    prove fatal

    "The disease took off"

  9. subtract, deduct, take offverb

    make a subtraction

    "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

Wiktionary

  1. take offverb

    To remove.

  2. take offverb

    To imitate, often in a satirical manner.

  3. take offverb

    To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.

  4. take offverb

    To become successful, to flourish.

  5. take offverb

    To depart.

  6. take offverb

    To quantify.

  7. take offverb

    to absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.

Wikipedia

  1. Take Off

    Take Off is the debut Japanese single by South Korean boy band, 2PM. This single was released on May 18, 2011 in 4 editions: CD+DVD, CD+Photobook, CD only limited and a Regular edition. The song was used as ending song theme for the first 12 episodes of Season 1 of the anime Blue Exorcist. It peaked no. 4 in Oricon's Weekly singles chart with 59,059 sold in the first week.

ChatGPT

  1. take off

    "Take off" is a phrase with various meanings depending on context. In aviation, it refers to the phase of flight in which an aircraft leaves the ground. In fashion, it could mean to remove clothing. In a metaphorical sense, it can mean to start or launch, often used when a project, idea, career, or product begins to achieve significant success or popularity.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of take off in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of take off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of take off in a Sentence

  1. Shaun Harrison:

    No matter how many guns we get off the street: if we take off 12 guns today, there are probably 24 more out there.

  2. Happy Gilmore:

    Happy During high school, I played junior hockey and still hold two league records most time spent in the penalty box and I was the only guy to ever take off his skate and try to stab somebody.

  3. Sylvain Granger:

    In Europe, the nuclear decommissioning market could take off in a couple of years.

  4. Jessica Lowndes:

    It’s super important to come together as women, i recently took a stand in our fight against misogyny… I challenged women to take off their makeup and to either post a video or make a selfie and nominate other women in their life to do the same. For me it’s not an anti-makeup sort of thing; I love wearing makeup… It’s a way for girls to celebrate who they are and be confident and to feel beautiful. With everything going on right now, there is so much cyber-bullying and for me it’s so powerful every time someone posts these pictures.

  5. Formula One commercial supremo:

    All Michelin would do is make a rock-hard tyre that you could put on in January and take off in December because they don't want to be in a position where they can be criticized.


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