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Noun take-off has 4 senses
- takeoff - a departure; especially of airplanes
--1 is a kind of departure, going, going away, leaving
- takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
--2 is a kind of rise, rising, ascent, ascension
- parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on - a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
--3 is a kind of caricature, imitation, impersonation
- parody, mockery, takeoff - humorous or satirical mimicry
--4 is a kind of apery, mimicry
Verb take-off has 9 senses
- depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
--1 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentences:
These cars won't take off
The children take off to the playground
- take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
--2 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- take off, lift off - depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"
--3 is one way to depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to take off
- take off, take time off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily
--4 is one way to interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
- take off - mimic or imitate, especially in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"
--5 is one way to imitate, copy, simulate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- take off - remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
--6 is one way to undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel
Sample sentence:
They take off the cape
- get off the ground, take off - get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"
--7 is one way to start, go, get going
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- take off - prove fatal; "The disease took off"
--8 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- subtract, deduct, take off - make a subtraction
--9 is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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