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   take off

   • ▪ (of an aircraft or bird) become airborne
   • ▪ (of an enterprise) become successful or popular
   • ▪ remove clothing from one's or another's body
   • ▪ deduct part of an amount
   • ▪ choose to have a period away from work
   • ▪ depart hastily
   • ▪ mimic someone humorously

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   What does taking off mean?

   • a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane. a taking off from a starting point, as in beginning a race. the place or point at which a person or thing takes off. a humorous or satirical imitation; burlesque. Machinery. a shaft geared to a main shaft for running auxiliary machinery.

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   What does the phrasal verb 'take off' mean?

   • The phrasal verb 'take off' has many meanings. Let's find out more about how to use them. To 'take off' is to begin to fly. The past form is 'took off'. The aeroplane took off on time. Another meaning of 'take off' is when someone or something is moving very quickly. The thieves took off with all my valuables.

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   What is a noun for take-off?

   • The minimum wind velocities required to allow the take-off of the smallest individuals, of a particular species, may similarly be described. Common nouns of this type are blackout, break-up, getaway, get-together, hold-up, mix-up, sit-in, and take-off. What is a more visible turning point in terms of an economic developmental take-off stage?

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   What does it mean to take someone off a place?

   • take yourself/somebody off (to…) (informal) to leave a place; to make somebody leave a place [often passive] to remove somebody from something such as a job, position, piece of equipment, etc. The officer leading the investigation has been taken off the case. After three days she was taken off the ventilator.

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   take something off something. to remove an amount of money or a number of marks, points, etc. in order to reduce the total. The manager took $10 off the bill. That experience took ten years off my life (= made me feel ten years older).

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