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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
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
That sentencing has now been taken off the calendar, as a bond hearing will be scheduled on the matter.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Instead, its engineers have opted for rapid prototyping by building a series of aircraft, each designed to handle a specific phase of development – from taxi tests to takeoff and landing, and now supersonic flight – before eventually taking on the legacy of the SR-71.
—David Szondy
may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2026
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Verb
In December 2020, one person was hurt in a crash after a plane had just taken off from the airport.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
That sentencing has now been taken off the calendar, as a bond hearing will be scheduled on the matter.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
This test comes as companies around the world work to bring electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft closer to commercial passenger and cargo service.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Instead, its engineers have opted for rapid prototyping by building a series of aircraft, each designed to handle a specific phase of development – from taxi tests to takeoff and landing, and now supersonic flight – before eventually taking on the legacy of the SR-71.
—David Szondy
may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2026
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The first mission, carrying Starlink batch 17-47 on the Falcon 9 booster B1088, departed from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
4 June 2026
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During past Inter Miami home games, MIA has issued travel advisories to passengers arriving and departing the airport.—
Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Escalante Sandoval then approached the parked van, removed a key concealed in the gas cap and backed it up, allowing a group of people to move three deep freezers from the van into the bed of the truck and load them with packages.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Nothing has been touched since the artist’s death in 2009 except for dust removed by a neighbor and caretaker.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The plan to subtract by adding, explained.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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And a mandate to turn the page can subtract the acknowledgement, or even some of the urgency, of where exactly this team sits — which at the moment is the bottom of the baseball world.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
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Lewis, 26, has been tailing off since a precocious start to his major league career, and some (perhaps fairly) wonder if a pair of major knee injuries have robbed him of what should have been, as the kids say, his final form.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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But reliability has robbed drivers in other races much closer to the flag.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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Strategists who’ve studied the issue for the Navy say there’s a case for a warship somewhat larger than current Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which displace less than 10,000 tons and carry a little under 100 vertical launch cells for missiles and interceptors.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Other launch providers should not be affected.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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The ebullient parody’s obvious antecedent is Airplane!—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Federal law protects certain uses of a celebrity’s image and likeness in cases involving parody, criticism, commentary and news reporting.—
Daryl Lim,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
Verb
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That stands in contrast to the Nasdaq, which has already moved to fast-track SpaceX's inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index, leading to concerns that new retail investors could become the cash cow of exit liquidity for legacy SpaceX shareholders.—
Katie Foley,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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In the production, directed by Jo Bonney, Susanna arrives there before realizing what has happened, a scene change that moves briskly enough to surprise you in the audience too.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
5 June 2026
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Senior twins Riley and Reagan Cullivan put off a family vacation to Italy for one day to play in the title game.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Dropping Buds And Flowers An underwatered plant may put off flowering and fruiting while focusing on staying healthy.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
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“Take off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20off. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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