TAKING OFF Synonyms: 203 Similar and Opposite Words

taking off

verb

present participle of take off

as in departing

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 removing

to rid oneself of (a garment) take off your coat and stay awhile

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as in subtracting

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 robbing

slang to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint

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Recent Examples of taking off Troopers at the airport were alerted to the situation and notified flight staff at the gate where the plane would be taking off, state police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026 To make matters worse, Tesla’s profits have been falling while SpaceX’s bottom line is taking off. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Ovitz asked, before taking off his microphone and storming out. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 The plane, a Van's RV-7A, crashed shortly after taking off from Petaluma Municipal Airport in Sonoma County, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 About two hours after taking off, the aircraft began quickly losing altitude and turned sharply to the north, flight tracking data showed. — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Why the trend is taking off now Two forces are pushing workstation sinks into more kitchens. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Roberts initially began experiencing pain in his right hip and wound up taking off about a month from November to December. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Helicopters are no longer the only aircraft capable of taking off vertically. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Meanwhile, Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said Friday afternoon that all four Moscow airports -- Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky -- stopped flights arriving and departing for security reasons.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Paramount+ head of originals Jane Wiseman is departing the streamer as the post-merger combination of it and HBO Max takes shape.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of departing

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This may mean removing an abusive parent as their guardian and establishing another relative or foster parent in place of the parent.

— Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Before the building is sold or used for secular purposes, church officials take great care when removing the religious items inside, said Jacob Preciado, director of asset management for the archdiocese.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of removing

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The places where Baltzor typically ranges her cattle in the mountains were ravaged by record-size wildfires this summer, robbing them of the grass the herds usually eat.

— Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
He was convicted of robbing and killing a woman in order to buy drugs in 2004.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbing

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Treter, who previously missed two games because of injury, was listed as out on Thursday’s availability report after exiting the loss to Wisconsin early.

— Sean Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Big names from the old Paramount and WBD stables exiting include Dan Barnes, Michael Bishara, Jamie Cooke, Domenic DiMeglio, Marco Nobili, Pank Patel and Juan Sola.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of exiting

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That’s after excluding wealth from the top 1% of households, subtracting debts and other liabilities, and deducting retirement spending, charitable donations, taxes, and fees.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
AskAnyModel also supports unlimited image generation across compatible models without deducting premium credits.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

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Earlier that day, at a different campaign event about 90 miles east in Canfield, a man carrying two handguns, brass knuckles, and a Taser had barreled toward Acton while yelling her name, knocking over an elderly couple in the crowd.

— Sarah Todd, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026