take off
- 1) verb, to remove or discard (a garment)
- 2) verb, (of an aircraft) to become airborne
- 3) verb, to set out or cause to set out on a journey
- 4) verb, (of a disease) to prove fatal to; kill
- 5) verb, to mimic or imitate, esp in an amusing or satirical manner
- 6) verb, to become successful or popular, esp suddenly
- 7) noun, the act or process of making an aircraft airborne
- 8) noun, the stage of a country's economic development when rapid and sustained economic growth is first achieved
- 9) noun, an act of mimicry; imitation
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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depart, go, leave, split (slang), disappear, set out, strike out, abscond, decamp