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Take off

To remove.

📖 Definitions of "Take off"

verb

1
To remove.
"He took off his shoes."
2
To imitate, often in a satirical manner.
3
(of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
"The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3."
4
To become successful, to flourish.
"The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit."

noun

1
The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
"The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough."
2
A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
3
A quantification, especially of building materials.
"I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel."
4
The removal of sheets from the press.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
departverb	(intransitive) To leave.
set offverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
doffverb	(transitive) (chiefly clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
subtractverb	(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
deductverb	To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
start outverb	To begin.
get off the groundverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To succeed or begin to succeed.
startverb	The beginning of an activity.
partnoun	A portion; a component.
set outverb	(intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
set forthverb	(intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition.
lift offverb	Synonym of take off (leave the ground and begin flight).
take time offverb	(idiomatic) To take time off from employment; to cease working temporarily.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
leaveverb	(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
take outverb	To remove.
do offverb	(slang) To kill, to bump off
detachverb	(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
put offverb	(transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.

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