take off

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === take off (third-person singular simple present takes off, present participle taking off, simple past took off, past participle taken off) (transitive) To remove. (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner. (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight. (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave. (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish. 2007 July 12, The Guardian, A welcome invasion. The message is now the medium – that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves. (intransitive) To depart. (transitive) To quantify. (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission. (intransitive, slang, dated) To take drugs; to inject drugs. (transitive, slang, dated) To steal (something) or rob (someone). (transitive, archaic) To swallow. ==== Synonyms ==== (remove clothing): doff (imitate): ape, imitate, impersonate, mimic (become successful): bloom, blossom, flourish, grow, thrive (depart): See depart ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “remove”): don (applies to clothing only), put on (antonym(s) of “ascend”): land (also applies to spacecraft and some other vessels) (antonym(s) of “begin flight”): land, touch down ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== to lift off === Noun === take off (plural take offs) Nonstandard spelling of takeoff. === Anagrams === offtake