TOOK OFF Synonyms: 210 Similar and Opposite Words

took off

verb

past tense of take off

as in departed

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 removed

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

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as in deducted

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 robbed

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 took off The company revealed that the Bayraktar TB2 took off from the Keşan Flight Training and Test Center carrying 16 Skydagger FPV kamikaze drones and transited to the test site. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026 Watson ran around the building, got into a woman’s car and took off. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026 In mid-October Reliable’s software taxied, took off and landed a Cessna Grand Caravan, a single-engine turboprop plane, at Albuquerque’s main airport while a pilot supervised from company headquarters in California, more than 700 miles away. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026 Both Foreman and his colleague took off running around the corner onto Crenshaw, with the gunman on their heels. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Even after his American career took off, Levis returned in 1923 to pitch for a combined Panama–West Indian All-Star team before massive crowds at Balboa Stadium. — Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026 The group then took off in multiple vehicles, including a gray Ford F-150 and a gray Dodge Caravan. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 Then Patrick Mahomes started to look healthier, and Kenneth Walker III took off on what appears to be, through five games, an MVP-level campaign. — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026 While exploring the neighborhood, his dog, Betty, took off and sprinted through the open door of an empty house, sniffing around yet completely at ease. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Both teams departed to the capital on Tuesday for Sunday's game at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of the record 15-time European champion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Hungary The bomb threats came a day after a Wizz Air flight that departed Luton airport near London was forced to make an emergency landing in Hungary after a bomb threat received while the plane was in the air.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of departed

Verb

If he is removed from office, Vice President Pedro Alliana would be sworn in.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Multiple independent sources tell CBS California Investigates that the two consultants at the center of our reporting have been removed from the project and are no longer billing under the KPMG contract.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

Typically offered through your employer, this serves as additional coverage in which costs are deducted directly from your paycheck.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Under the bill, once a court ruling is final, the money could be deducted from family allowances and housing aid.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of deducted

Verb

Kon Knueppel exited to the locker room just six minutes into his season debut Wednesday night.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
With Hopkins’ appointment, Scott Miller, who previously served as WBD’s president of networks and streaming distribution, exited the company.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of exited

Verb

All of this means Owens has had to take shifts in the kitchen, putting off her front-of-house duties and paperwork to her evenings and days off.

— Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
But anything governing those players will likely get put off until after the labor dispute is resolved.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of put off

Verb

West initially imagined his look through the imagery of the early papacy—particularly the period when the papal court moved from Rome to Avignon.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Two years after their wedding, the pair moved from their Kansas hometown to Nashville so Martina could pursue a music career.

— Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026