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take off
verb
Definition of TAKE OFF
transitive verb1
: remove <take your shoes off>
2
a : release <take the brake off> b : discontinue, withdraw <took off the morning train> c : to take or allow as a discount : deduct <took 10 percent off> d : to spend (a period of time) away from a usual occupation or activity <took two weeks off>
3
slang : rob
intransitive verb
1
: to take away : detract
2
a : to start off or away often suddenly : set out, depart <took off for her trip> b (1) : to branch off (as from a main stream or stem) (2) : to take a point of origin c : to begin a leap or spring d : to leave the surface : begin flight e : to embark on rapid activity, development, or growth f : to spring into wide use or popularity
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First Known Use of TAKE OFF
14th century
Related to TAKE OFF
- Synonyms
- bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bugger off [British slang], bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), go, vamoose, walk out
Rhymes with TAKE OFF
back off, beg off, bind off, blastoff, blow off, break off, bring off, brush-off, bug off, bump off, burn off, buy off, call off, cast-off, castoff, change off, charge off, checkoff, check off, Chekhov, choke off, come off, cook-off, cry off, cutoff, cut off, die-off, die off, draw off, drop-off, drop off, dust off, face-off, face off, falloff, far-off, fire off, first off, flip off, fob off, get off, give off, go off, goof-off, handoff, hand off, hands-off, haul off, head off, hold off, jump-off, kickoff, kick off, kill off, kiss-off, kiss off, knockoff, knock off, Khrushchev, laugh off, layoff, lay off, leadoff, leave off, lie off, liftoff, make off, nod off, one-off, palm off, pass off, Pavlov, pawn off, payoff, pay off, peel off, pick off, pickoff, play-off, pop off, pull off, push off, put off, rake-off, reel off, rip-off, rip off, roll-off, rub off, runoff, Sarnoff, sawed-off, seal off, sell off, sell-off, send-off, setoff, set off, show-off, show off, shrug off, shutoff, shut off, sign off, sign-off, sound off, spin-off, spin off, square off, squeeze off, standoff, stand off, stave off, straight off, strike off, swear off, takeoff, Tambov, tap-off, teed off, tee off, tell off, throw off, tick off, tip-off, touch off, trade-off, turnoff, turn off, well-off, Wolof, work off, write-off, write off
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