take offverb

• 1

  To remove.

  • He took off his shoes.
  • The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
• 2

  To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.

  • Yes, the Peaches, on a nearly non-existent budget, lack professionalism. The basic format of this show — taking off on television, with a soap opera, a quiz show, news, a cooking class and commercials for KY and grass, etc. — resembles kids getting up a skit.
  • Pym would take him off perfectly, thought Brotherhood. Pym would catch that accent to a tee.
• 3

  To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.

  • The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.
  • That high-jumper takes off from her left foot.
• 4

  hobbieslifestylesportsTo stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.

  • You take off, make the steep drop, hear the white water rumbling behind you and feel the spray on your back.
• 5

  To become successful, to flourish.

  • The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.
  • 2007 July 12, The Guardian, A welcome invasion. The message is now the medium – that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves.
• 6

  To depart.

  • I'm going to take off now.
  • Take off, loser!
• 7

  To quantify.

  • I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project.
• 8

  To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.

  • If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa.
  • He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner.

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• takeoff