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as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again
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2
as in to remove
to rid oneself of (a garment)
take off your coat and stay awhile
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as in to subtract
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon
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as in to rob
slang
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint
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as in parody
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
a sitcom that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s
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Recent Examples of take off
Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Harjono, the air force chief of staff, said the plan was for roadways to have 3,000-meter-long (almost two miles) sections where the military aircraft could land and take off.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
Kevin Sherrington
feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Exactly, when electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, known as eVTOLs, or other types of hybrid aircraft will start flying around Kelly remains up in the air.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Anthropic’s Claude has taken off in the enterprise while OpenAI’s ChatGPT has hit big with the masses, closing in on a billion users.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Harjono, the air force chief of staff, said the plan was for roadways to have 3,000-meter-long (almost two miles) sections where the military aircraft could land and take off.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
Not until Hunter flagged down a league official was Spud finally cleared for takeoff.
—Kevin Sherrington
feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Exactly, when electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, known as eVTOLs, or other types of hybrid aircraft will start flying around Kelly remains up in the air.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take off
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Airport officials project more than 20,000 passengers will depart Louisville by plane the day after Derby 152.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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The 28-year-old fills a void left by center Myles Turner, who departed Indiana in the offseason for a free-agent contract with Milwaukee.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The trooper then removed Jackson from the vehicle.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jailbreaking in this context refers to a process that removes software restrictions placed on a piece of hardware.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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In 2025, the BLS subtracted almost 600,000 jobs from the 2024 total employment gain.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
11 Feb. 2026
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Heating Degree Days are calculated by taking the day's high temperature and adding it to the day's low temperature, then dividing by 2 and subtracting that value from 65.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Federal officials said Wright and others robbed at least five victims in Windsor and Bloomfield between July and November 2020.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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And then there was France’s Julia Simon winning a gold medal four months after being convicted of robbing her teammate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet — who placed 80th (just imagine a teammate racking up $2,300 in charges on your credit card, then beating you to the podium).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Vaneast Pictures has acquired international sales rights for Youngblood, a remake of the 1986 MGM classic starring Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze, for an EFM launch.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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The company recently removed the crew access arm on the tower at LC-39A and is continuing construction at the pad to support its new Starship rocket, which recently cleared an environmental review for future launches from the Space Coast.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Humphrey, determined to recreate the video as accurately as possible, worked with Southwest to film her parody on a real plane with the same flight attendant from the first video.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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The governor’s willingness to mock the president through aggressive social-media parody elevated him to de facto resistance leader.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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As a politicized national fight over waste, fraud and abuse led by Republicans have targeted California and its Democratic leadership, Bonta and other state officials have moved swiftly to combat the claims.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, the bottle had only ever moved between Burgundy and Bordeaux, a driving distance of roughly 300 miles.—
Pin Yen Tan 9 min ago,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Administrators report that many students are now afraid of having sociology classes on their transcripts, as this may put off potential employers.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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This unique point of view has won plaudits from those watching NBC‘s broadcast, even though a few fans have been put off by the trackers’ incessant zipping noise.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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