TAKE OFF

• (verb) remove clothes

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

• (verb) take away or remove

  "Take that weight off me!"

• (verb) make a subtraction

  "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

  synonyms : deduct , subtract

• (verb) prove fatal

  "The disease took off"

• (verb) mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner

  "This song takes off from a famous aria"

• (verb) get started or set in motion, used figuratively

  "the project took a long time to get off the ground"

  synonyms : get off the ground

• (verb) leave

  "The family took off for Florida"

  synonyms : depart , part , set forth , set off , set out , start , start out

• (verb) depart from the ground

  "The plane took off two hours late"

  synonyms : lift off

• (verb) take time off from work; stop working temporarily

  synonyms : take time off

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