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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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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
Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
The driver who was involved took off from the scene, Sadriu said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2026
Last summer, O'Hare peaked at approximately 2,680 total takeoffs and landings.
—Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Verb
While people across the globe have their own twists on cozy warm beverages, the idea of waking up and sipping on a hot cup of water, or doing the same before bed, is taking off on social media.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
The driver who was involved took off from the scene, Sadriu said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
Consider this your shortcut to looking polished at the airport, staying comfortable in-flight, and feeling perfectly prepared from takeoff to touchdown.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2026
Last summer, O'Hare peaked at approximately 2,680 total takeoffs and landings.
—Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take off
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Victor Nechita, vehicle program manager for the product CEO Elon Musk has said is a key to the company’s future, is departing after almost six years at the Austin automaker.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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While Adam is tracking toward possibly being ready for opening day following last year’s season-ending quadriceps injury, closer Robert Suarez departed to Atlanta as a free agent and Yuki Matsui’s early availability is in question after tweaking his groin.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Under the settlement, Buckfire agreed to remove all references to race as eligibility or selection criteria and clarify that its scholarships do not give preference to any student based on race or ethnicity.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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The database does not make clear which of the plaques, maps, films and books ultimately will be removed or recast by the Interior Department, though some have already been axed.—
Karin Brulliard,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Trading Brown before June 1 would subtract $20 million from the Eagles’ cap because of all the dead cap hits that would accelerate onto their current books from future years.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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No one needs to stoically, passively wait for whatever life might add or subtract, surrendering free will to fate without fighting back.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2026
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In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bland and his two robbery crew members — Ronnie Tucker, 24, of Long Beach, and Abigail Luckey, 50, of North Hollywood — robbed 12 businesses across Los Angeles and Orange counties over a 17-day stretch in early 2024.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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This latest launch feels like a warmer, summery counterpart to the house’s bestseller Valaya.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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Nontraditional uses include content creation, sit-down dinners, product launches, album listening parties and workshops.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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The performance includes a drag-a-licious parody play (with trivia contests, bingo and sing-alongs thrown in) as well as a Q&A session with creatives and other behind-the-scenes folks connected to the game-changing sitcom, which — by the way — was set in South Florida.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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Another was a parody of Cluely’s viral blind-date ad.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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In response to a market-moving piece of dystopian fan fiction fearmongering about AI, Citadel Securities put out its own brief on the historical precedent for AI’s impact and the improbability that the technology will render humans unemployable any more than the typewriter or the internet did.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the most ambitious combinations of food and vantage are reserved for lunches, which move daily to points along treks – the rim of a remote lake, a terrace in a quaint village house by the river, or a rooftop with panoramic views in the village of Zhong.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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The bitter taste discourages some animals, and others are put off by the smell.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Board members agreed with Bradley in the brief discussion that followed and subsequently voted unanimously to put off consideration until the next meeting.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Take off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20off. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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