take off

VERB

leave; leave the ground

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blast off blow depart disappear get off get out go lift off pull out soar withdraw

WEAK

ascend bear beat it become airborne begone clear out decamp exit go away head hightail hit the road hit the trail light out make quit scram set out shove off split take to the air vamoose

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come come in continue stay

VERB

mock, satirize

Synonyms

WEAK

ape burlesque caricature imitate lampoon mimic parody ridicule send up spoof travesty

Antonyms

WEAK

arrive come stay

Example Sentences

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Quantum technology has been around for decades, but only in recent years has commercial adoption started to take off.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

But the sector has struggled to take off, bogged down by high costs and low investments.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Tens of thousands of these birds, with their 6-foot wingspans, take off and head south for the winter, their plangent trumpeting drowning out all other sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"And then it's usually the fans or individual dance pages that will make something up and it'll really take off."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Hoping no one comes in, I take off my busted glasses and then my shirt— suuuuper carefully so it doesn’t touch ketchup hair—and fold it neatly, setting it aside.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

take off

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