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The meaning of TAKEOFF is a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket. How to use takeoff in a sentence.
to remove something, especially clothes: He took off his clothes and got into the shower. After the poisoning scare, the product was taken off the shelves /the market (= removed from sale). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to take something somewhere.
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. [ V n P prep/adv ]
take somebody off something. [often passive] to remove somebody from something such as a job, position, piece of equipment, etc. The officer leading the investigation has been taken off the case. After three days she was taken off the ventilator.
noun. a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane. a taking off from a starting point, as in beginning a race. the place or point at which a person or thing takes off. a humorous or satirical imitation; burlesque.
TAKE OFF definition: 1. If an aircraft takes off, it begins to fly. 2. to suddenly become successful: 3. to suddenly…. Learn more.
We are due to take off in five minutes. • He took off the old handle and fixed a new one in its place. • A standard detergent should take most of the grease off the surface. • I'm going to take Thursday off to go to the dentist.
1. phrasal verb. When an airplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying. We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Juneau at 1:30. 2. phrasal verb. If something such as a product, an activity, or someone's career takes off, it suddenly becomes very successful.
to remove an amount of money or a number of marks, points, etc. in order to reduce the total The manager took $10 off the bill. That experience took ten years off my life (= made me feel ten years older). 2. [often passive] to stop something from being sold The diet pills were taken off the market.
A takeoff of someone is a humorous imitation of the way in which they behave. Takeoff is the point in the development of something, such as an economy or a business, when it begins to be successful. The 1950s were the decade of Hong Kong's industrial take-off. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
