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take off
verb
- tr to remove or discard (a garment)
- intr (of an aircraft) to become airborne
- informal.to set out or cause to set out on a journey
they took off for Spain
- tr (of a disease) to prove fatal to; kill
- informal.tr to mimic or imitate, esp in an amusing or satirical manner
- informal.intr to become successful or popular, esp suddenly
noun
- the act or process of making an aircraft airborne
- the stage of a country's economic development when rapid and sustained economic growth is first achieved
- informal.an act of mimicry; imitation
Example Sentences
Hess and Black thought it would be funny if Black's character Steve announced everything that happens to him intensely, hence the "Chicken jockey!" meme taking off.
Chloe might have left the textbooks behind as her career takes off, but the learning hasn't stopped, she says, admitting she's still finding out things about being a pop star.
Henry and Jackson finish their puzzles and games and take off their brain-scanning hats.
The man was seen by news helicopters taking off his clothes, jumping in the pool and watering the plants in what appeared to be an attempt to blend into the neighborhood, according to KTLA.
The two helicopters collided around 20 seconds after one had taken off and as the other was landing.
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