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as in to depart
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 to remove
to rid oneself of (a garment)
take off your coat and stay awhile
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as in to subtract
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 to rob
slang
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint
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as in parody
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
a sitcom that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s
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Recent Examples of take off
Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Bananas takes off his shoe and sock to once again clip his toenails onstage.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Jenni Reid, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
On Monday, a different Boeing 737-800 plane operated by Jeju Air had to return to Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport not long after takeoff after the pilot detected a landing gear issue.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Typically pilots take off, find a reservoir near the fire, drop the aircraft’s giant snorkel into the water and fill their tanks.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Bananas takes off his shoe and sock to once again clip his toenails onstage.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Local media reported that another Jeju Air aircraft of the same model returned to South Korea’s Gimpo Airport shortly after takeoff on Monday after reporting issues with its landing gear.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
On Monday, a different Boeing 737-800 plane operated by Jeju Air had to return to Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport not long after takeoff after the pilot detected a landing gear issue.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Verb
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Melvin succeeded Hoda Kotb, who announced her plan to depart last year and had her last day on Friday.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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In this scenario, TikTok would die a slow death, as its technology degrades and its social fabric weakens with users departing for other platforms.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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With a strike removed from the equation, at least in the short term, those extra costs won’t be implemented.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
9 Jan. 2025
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Campbell Puckett, known online as Pookie, began the new year by getting surgery to remove pre-cancer.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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After subtracting average Social Security income from the annual expenditures, GOBankingRates divided the remaining amount by 4%, following a common rule of thumb for safely drawing down retirement savings.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
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Using the most recent data available, both factors were calculated by subtracting the values assigned to Black and white people for a certain metric.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Jan. 2025
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According to the filing, around 15-20 people armed with rifles and handguns kidnapped the pair on Dec. 16 and took them to a vacant apartment where they were tied up, questioned, robbed, assaulted and menaced.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
10 Jan. 2025
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Together, the unlikely duo plan to rob the World Diamond Center in Nice, France — a story point that Gudegast would’ve preferred to keep under wraps.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Here’s to the week ahead, and don’t hesitate to reach out with comments, questions, feedback, joy, or news of a rocket launch in your future.—
Peter Green,
Quartz,
19 Jan. 2025
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The meme coin’s developers have limited the supply of $TRUMP to 200 million coins at launch before expanding the overall supply to 1 billion over the next three years, according to the coin’s website.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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There are so many fascinating takes in this film, including their views on religion and SNL (the parodies bothered them because they were never invited on the show).—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
EW.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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The history of legitimately funny musical acts that are not parodies is a short.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The couple had just moved from their modest fixer-upper in Altadena’s Janes Village to their dream home in architect Gregory Ain’s Park Planned homes, when the Eaton fire roared to life.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Still, the ramifications for those who lived and moved across the Utah territory during this time echo throughout American history.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2025
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Course corrections have also been taken in the campaigns for Minecraft, which originally put off fans of the game in its live-action take.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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But the demand for them remains high, with a big driving force coming from young adults who are increasingly putting off having children but opting to get pets — and paying lots of money to treat them well.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2025
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