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    take off
    [take off]
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    1. (of an aircraft or bird) become airborne:
      "the plane took off from the runway"
      • (of an enterprise) become successful or popular:
        "the newly launched website has really taken off"
      • remove clothing from one's or another's body:
        "she took off her cardigan"
      • deduct part of an amount:
        "they took $10 off the bill"
      • choose to have a period away from work:
        "I took the next day off"
      • depart hastily:
        "the officer took off after his men"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        informal
        mimic someone humorously:
        "they kept us all in fits of laughter as they took off their teachers"
    take·off
    [ˈtākˌôf]
    noun
    take-off (noun)
    1. the action of becoming airborne:
      "the plane accelerated down the runway for takeoff"
    2. informal
      an act of mimicking someone or something:
      "a pleasant takeoff on some Everly Brothers routine"
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    1. (of an aircraft or bird) become airborne:
      take wing
      lift off
      blast off
      become airborne
      leave the ground
      take to the air
      be launched
      Opposite:
      land
      touch down
    noun
    1. the action of becoming airborne:
      departure
      liftoff
      launch
      blastoff
      leaving
      going
      ascent
      climbing
      mounting
      flight
      flying
      soaring
      taking off
      Opposite:
      landing
      touchdown
    2. an act of mimicking someone or something:
      parody
      pastiche
      mockery
      caricature
      travesty
      satire
      lampoon
      mimicry
      imitation
      impersonation
      impression
      aping
      sendup
      spoof
     
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    What does takeoff mean?
    : a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket : a spot at which one takes off Noun Please remain seated during takeoff. Air Force One, you're ready for takeoff. All the high jumpers had flawless takeoffs.

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    What is the meaning of take That Weight Off Me?
    "Take that weight off me!" To remove. To imitate, often in a satirical manner. To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air. To become successful, to flourish. To depart. To quantify. to absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.

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    How did a 'take-off' work?
    Slowly some kind of i consensus between scientists and the military began to emerge, which made possible a modest but steady "take-off" toward nuclear development. This actuator (servomotor with gear reducers) rotated the leg to the desired angle at touchdown and take-off events.

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    What does it mean if an aircraft takes off?
    If an aircraft takes off, it begins to fly. Her career had just taken off. He took off in the middle of the night. (Definition of take off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) quitarse algo, despegar, despegue… tirar algo, decolar, decolagem… kalkmak, havalanmak, beklenmedik anda başarıyı yakalamak…

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    What does it mean if a person is taken off?
    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. Mike can take off his father to perfection. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If something such as a service or entertainment is taken off, it is withdrawn so that people can no longer use it or watch it.

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