Take-off - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|teɪk|
Brit.
|ˈteɪkɒf|
verb
- To remove.
He took off his shoes.
The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.
- To imitate, often in a satirical manner.The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.
They love to take off all the politicians' mannerisms.
- (intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.
"The message is now the medium - that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves."
- (intransitive) To depart."The message is now the medium - that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves."
I'm going to take off now.
Take off, loser!
- To quantify.Take off, loser!
I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project.
- to absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa.
He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner.
He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner.
noun
- Alternative form of takeoff.
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