Definitions for take off

Definitions for (verb) take off

Main entry: take off

Definition: remove clothes

Usage: take off your shirt--it's very hot in here


Main entry: take off

Definition: take away or remove

Usage: Take that weight off me!


Main entry: subtract, take off, deduct

Definition: make a subtraction

Usage: subtract this amount from my paycheck


Main entry: take off

Definition: prove fatal

Usage: The disease took off


Main entry: take off

Definition: mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner

Usage: This song takes off from a famous aria


Main entry: get off the ground, take off

Definition: get started or set in motion, used figuratively

Usage: the project took a long time to get off the ground


Main entry: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off

Definition: leave

Usage: The family took off for Florida


Main entry: take off, lift off

Definition: depart from the ground

Usage: The plane took off two hours late


Main entry: take off, take time off

Definition: take time off from work; stop working temporarily


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