1.  take off(v = verb.motion) depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
is one way to go away, go forth, leave
Derived forms noun takeoff₁, noun takeoff₂
Sample sentences: The children take off to the playground; These cars won't take off

2.  take off(v = verb.change) - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  take off(v = verb.motion) lift off - depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"
is one way to depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off
Derived form noun takeoff₂
Sample sentences: The airplane is sure to take off

4.  take off(v = verb.social) take time off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily;
is one way to break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

5.  take off(v = verb.creation) - mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"
is one way to copy, imitate, simulate
Derived forms noun takeoff₄, noun takeoff₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

6.  take off(v = verb.body) - remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
is one way to discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress
Sample sentences: They take off the cape

7.  take off(v = verb.motion) get off the ground - get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"
is one way to get going, go, start
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

8.  take off(v = verb.contact) - prove fatal; "The disease took off"
is one way to kill
Sample sentences: Something ----s

9.  take off(v = verb.cognition) deduct, subtract - make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"
is one way to calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

1.  to begin a leap from a surface or a flight into the air; especially, (of a bird or an airplane) to leave the ground and begin to fly; as, flight CA123 took off on schedule at 3:00 PM. [PJC]

2.  To begin a period of accelerating growth or development; as, the economy took off in the third quarter. [PJC]

3.  To begin a journey; to depart. [PJC]

1.  To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat, coat or other article of clothing; to take off a coat of paint from a surface. [1913 Webster]

2.  To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb. [1913 Webster]

3.  To destroy; as, to take off life. [1913 Webster]

4.  To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. [1913 Webster]

5.  To withdraw; to call or draw away. [1913 Webster]

6.  To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine. [1913 Webster]

7.  To purchase; to take in trade. [1913 Webster]

8.  To copy; to reproduce. [1913 Webster]

9.  To imitate; to mimic; to personate. [1913 Webster]

10.  To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. [1913 Webster]

11.  To discount or deduct (from a price); the dealer took off twenty percent on remaining toys. [PJC]

VB  imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate.

VB  take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

VB  be destroyed, 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, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

VB  displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish, exile, ablegate, set aside, remove, take away, cart away, take off, draft off, lade, unload, empty, transfer, dispel, vacate, depart.

VB  divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.

VB  sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters, navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge, drift, course, cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land, circumnavigate, ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam, swim, float, buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade, fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate, parachute, jump, glide.

VB  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, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.

auction off, back off, badly off, be off, bear off, beat off, beetle off, beg off, better off, bind off, bite off, blast off, block off, blow off, bound off, break off, breaking off, bring off, broken off, browned off, brush off, bugger off, bully off, bump off, bundle off, bunk off, burn off, buy off, buzz off, call off, cap off, carry off, cart off, cast off, charge off, check off, cheesed off, chip off, chip off the old block, choke off, chop off, clear off, click off, clock off, close off, closing off, come off, cool off, cordon off, count off, cream off, cross off, curtain off, cut off, cutting off, damping off, damping off fungus, dash off, day off, die off, dope off, double take, doze off, draw off, drawing off, drift off, drive off, drop off, drowse off, ease off, ebb off, even off, face off, fall off, falling off, fend off, fight off, finish off, firing off, first off, flake off, fling off, flow off, fly off the handle, fob off, foist off, freeze off, frighten off, fuck off, get off, get off the ground, give and take, give off, give or take, go off, go off at half-cock, go off half cocked, go off half-cocked, goof off, goofing off, hang off, haul off, have it off, head off, hit it off, hive off, hold off, jack off, jacking off, jerk off, jerking off, jump off, jumping off place, keep off, keep one's eyes off, keep one's hands off, kick off, kill off, knock it off, knock off, laugh off, lay off, lead off, leading off, leave off, let off, level off, lift off, lip off, log off, loose off, lop off, make off, mark off, melt off, mouth off, nip off, nod off, off, off and on, off balance, off base, off chance, off color, off duty, off guard, off her guard, off his guard, off key, off limits, off one's guard, off the beaten track, off the cuff, off the hook, off the record, off the wall, off year, off your guard, on and off, pack off, pair off, palm off, pan off, partition off, partitioned off, partner off, pass off, pay off, peel off, pension off, pick off, piss off, pissed off, play off, polish off, pop off, pound off, pull off, put off, raffle off, rail off, rake off, rattle off, reel off, ride off, rinse off, rip off, roar off, roll off, rope off, round off, rub off, run off, rush off, scare off, scratch off, screen off, seal off, sealed off, sell off, send off, separate off, set off, shade off, shake off, sheer off, shoo off, shoot one's mouth off, shove off, show off, showing off, shrug off, shut off, sign off, siphon off, skim off, slack off, slacken off, sleep off, slip off, slough off, snap off, sneak off, snip off, sound off, spark off, spiel off, spin off, spirit off, sponge off, square off, stand off, stave off, stay off, straight off, strike off, swear off, sweat off, sweep off, switch off, sworn off, take, take a bow, take a breath, take a breather, take a chance, take a crack at, take a crap, take a dare, take a dive, take a firm stand, take a hit, take a hop, take a joke, take a leak, take a look, take a powder, take a shit, take aback, take account, take advantage, take advantage of, take after, take aim, take apart, take arms, take aside, take away, take back, take by storm, take care, take care of, take chances, take charge, take control, take cover, take down, take effect, take exception, take fire, take five, take flight, take for, take for granted, take form, take from, take heart, take heed, take hold, take hold of, take home, take home pay, take in, take in charge, take in vain, take in water, take into account, take issue, take issue with, take it, take it easy, take it on the chin, take kindly to, take leave, take liberties, take lying down, take note, take notice, take office, take on, take one's lumps, take orders, take out, take over, take pains, take part, take place, take pride, take root, take shape, take sides, take stage, take steps, take stock, take ten, take the air, take the bull by the horns, take the cake, take the count, take the edge off, take the field, take the fifth, take the fifth amendment, take the floor, take the heat, take the road, take the stage, take the stand, take the veil, take time, take time by the forelock, take time off, take to, take to be, take to heart, take to task, take to the woods, take turns, take up, take up arms, take up with, take water, take with a grain of salt, taper off, tapering off, tear off, tee off, tell off, throw off, tick off, ticked off, time off, tip off, top off, topping off, toss off, touch off, trigger off, turn off, turned off, walk off, walk off with, ward off, wash off, wave off, wear off, whack off, whisk off, wind off, wipe off, work off, write off