| take off | If you take a garment off, you remove it. He wouldn't take his hat off She took off her spectacles. put on | en |
| take off | If you take time off, you obtain permission not to go to work for a short period of time. Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off She took two days off work | en |
| take off | If you take off or take yourself off, you go away, often suddenly and unexpectedly. He took off at once and headed back to the motel He took himself off to Mexico | en |
| take off | If you take someone off, you make them go with you to a particular place, especially when they do not want to go there. The police stopped her and took her off to a police station = take away | en |
| take off | If something such as a product, an activity, or someone's career takes off, it suddenly becomes very successful. In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off | en |
| take off | prove fatal; "The disease took off" | en |
| take off | take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!" | en |
| take off | remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" | en |
| take off | mimic or imitate, especially in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria" | en |
| take off | depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late" | en |
| take off | lift-off, leave the ground in flight; rise off the ground; remove (clothing); bring down; lessen; leave, depart; put an end to, execute fiil | en |
| take off | make a subtraction | en |
| take off | take time off from work; stop working temporarily | en |
| take off | The material necessary to complete a job | en |
| take off | A sharp increase in the price of a stock, or a positive movement of the market as a whole | en |
| take 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. = mimic see also takeoff | en |
| take off | When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying. We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30. land | en |
| take off | get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground" | en |
| take off | Term used to describe a sharp increase in the price of a stock, or a positive movement of the market as a whole | en |
| take off | leave; "The family took off for Florida" | en |
| take off | The list of materials necessary to complete a job | en |
| take-off | The point and/or time at which all parts of an aircraft or its crew cease to be in contact with, or connected to the ground or water GS 2 3 8 2 | en |
| take-off | An Estimate (see definition above) Take-offs are usually created by taking parts (for example, lumber and siding) from an Estimating Database (see definition above), and then creating an estimate from those items | en |
| take-off | 1 The action of a rocket vehicle departing from its launch pad See lift-off | en |
| take-off | A croquet stroke in which the striker's ball is played off the side of the roqueted ball The latter hardly moves and the striker's ball travels some distance | en |
| take-off | A term used for identifying and recording from drawings the material and quantities required for estimating the time and cost for the completion of an activity | en |
| takeoff | the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne | en |
| takeoff | a departure; especially of airplanes | en |
| takeoff | a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way | en |
| takeoff | A parody or lampoon of someone or something | en |
| takeoff | The rising or ascent aircraft or rocket into flight | en |
| takeoff | A quantification, esp. of building materials | en |
| takeoff | The listing of openings and the appropriate hardware from a set of floor plans and door schedule | en |
| takeoff | humorous or satirical mimicry | en |
| takeoff | The launch of a jump | en |
| takeoff | An imitation, especially in the way of caricature | en |
| takeoff | the place from which a jumper rises in leaping | en |
| takeoff | a departure; especially of airplanes the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne | en |
| takeoff | The spot at which one takes off; specif | en |
| takeoff | act or process of leaving the ground, act of jumping or leaping; ascent of an aircraft, act of becoming airborne; parody, humorous imitation, caricature (Informal) isim | en |
| takeoff | A takeoff of someone is a humorous imitation of the way in which they behave. The programme was worth watching for an inspired takeoff of the Collins sisters | en |
| takeoff | Takeoff is the beginning of a flight, when an aircraft leaves the ground | en |
| takeoff | The act of leaving the ice when commencing a jump or a lift | en |