taking off (from)

verb

present participle of take off (from)
as in withdrawing (from)

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  1. cutting off
  2. giving up
  3. handing over
Verb
  • However, for many observers, including those in the UK, the moon will set shortly after maximum eclipse, cutting off the later stages of the partial phase.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Notable New polling for the IMEU Policy Project, conducted by YouGov, suggests that cutting off military aid to Israel is a popular position in the six states that will vote first in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of cutting off
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  • The department counted just over 28,000 people giving up a Gem State license for somewhere else in 2025.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The labs haven’t clearly assigned those rights, because doing so means giving up the value.
    — Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of giving up
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  • These changes have not been enough to convince allies that the United States is serious about handing over responsibility for conventional deterrence.
    — JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But Scalable is not handing over unrestricted control of customer accounts to AI.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of handing over
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“Taking off (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taking%20off%20%28from%29. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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