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take off

verb

1 take off

Leave.

synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out.

Roget 226: divest; uncover etc. (cover) etc. 223; denude, bare, strip; disfurnish; undress, disrobe etc. (dress, enrobe) ... show more

Roget 19: imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.    ... show more

Roget 267: sail; put to sea etc. (depart) 293; take ship, get under way; set sail, spread sail, spread canvas; gather way, have way on; make sail, ... show more

Roget 305: ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire.    ... show more

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Roget 185: displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish; exile etc. (seclude) 893; ablegate, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; ... show more

Dutch: uitzetten, gaan, uiteenzetten, verlaten

2 take off

Take away or remove.

Dutch: uitgaan

3 take off

Depart from the ground.

synonym: lift off.

4 take off

Take time off from work; stop working temporarily.

synonym: take time off.

5 take off

Mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner.

6 take off

Remove clothes.

Dutch: uitgooien

7 take off

Get started or set in motion, used figuratively.

synonym: get off the ground.

8 take off

Prove fatal.

9 take off

Make a subtraction.

synonyms: deduct, subtract.

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

Dutch: aftrekken


Moby thesaurus: abate, abscind, absquatulate, act, act a part, act as, act out, advance, allow, ameliorate, amend, amputate, annihilate, ape, aspire, ban, bar, bate, bear, become airborne ... show more.

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