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Take off has 11 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Alternative form of takeoff

Verb
1

leave

"The family took off for Florida"

2

take away or remove

"Take that weight off me!"

3

depart from the ground

"The plane took off two hours late"

4

take time off from work; stop working temporarily

5

mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner

"This song takes off from a famous aria"

6

remove clothes

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

7

get started or set in motion, used figuratively

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

8

prove fatal

"The disease took off"

9

make a subtraction

"subtract this amount from my paycheck"

10

To remove.

Example Sentences
"The family took off for Florida" verb
"Take that weight off me!" verb
"The plane took off two hours late" verb
"This song takes off from a famous aria" verb
"take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" verb
"the project took a long time to get off the ground" verb
"The disease took off" verb
"subtract this amount from my paycheck" verb
See Also
book it beflake flightsome step on it kick tires and light fires remove flarepath efato
Related Terms
Antonyms
add together
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
leave remove depart interrupt imitate undress start kill calculate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
take off roar off blaze sally forth undress declaw dehorn peel off slip off uncloak doff carry back
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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