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as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again
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2
as in to remove
to rid oneself of (a garment)
take off your coat and stay awhile
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as in to subtract
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon
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as in to rob
slang
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint
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as in parody
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
a sitcom that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s
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Recent Examples of take off
Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Authorities say Andrews allegedly forced Jackson, a mother of three, into a vehicle before taking off, WLBT reported.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025
Reagan National said takeoffs and landings were stopped after the accident around 9 p.m.
Departures and arrivals information screens in Reagan National Airport late last night.
—Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The maquiladora program later took off after the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, was signed in 1994.
—Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Authorities say Andrews allegedly forced Jackson, a mother of three, into a vehicle before taking off, WLBT reported.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
But the New York Times reported Thursday that the air traffic controller who was handling helicopters at Reagan National Wednesday night was also directing commercial planes in takeoff and landing, a job usually assigned to two separate people.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025
Reagan National said takeoffs and landings were stopped after the accident around 9 p.m.
Departures and arrivals information screens in Reagan National Airport late last night.
—Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take off
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The Bering Air flight departed from Unalakleet, a community of about 690 people in western Alaska, around 2:40 p.m. local time on Thursday.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The plane had departed Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m., Bering Air Director of Operations, David Olson, said, per local outlet KTUU.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The technology is used to remove pollutants from exhaust but may pose problems of their own.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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Compared to live nits, dandruff is easy to remove or pull off your hair.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
2 Feb. 2025
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Take the average of the day’s high and low temperatures, then subtract the base temperature.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2025
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The healthiest workplace friendships are the ones that add value without subtracting focus.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Ironically the entire sequence only occurred because Demko, uncharacteristically, robbed Cale Makar arriving late and taking the fourth man’s ice, but let the puck spill out of his glove and into the corner where the Avalanche retrieved it.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Some of you are gonna go home tonight and feel like you’ve been robbed.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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Eyes are on an international launch in the $110M neighborhood.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Musk cut ties with the company in 2018 but watched from the sidelines as OpenAI became a media darling in 2022 and 2023 following the launch of ChatGPT and then GPT-4.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Its parody, ‘Johanne Sacreblu,’ is the real work of art, writes columnist JP Brammer.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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Claim originally shared by parody account on X On Jan. 20, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, where a mob of Trump's supporters disrupted the counting of electoral votes after the 2020 election.—
Andre Byik,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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But this move now primes them to break the long drought and be much more formidable moving forward.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Arthur Staple has covered New York hockey for The Athletic since 2019, initially on the Islanders beat before moving over to primarily focus on the Rangers in 2021.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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Life often slows down in the winter: fewer guests, fewer plans, chores put off due to 5 p.m. sunsets.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2025
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Hamlet himself is a reluctant avenger who keeps putting off the act of revenging his father’s murder.—
Rachel Hadas,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Take off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20off. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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