take off
Example Sentences
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"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
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
“I say resoundingly yes — and it will take off very quickly in 2029.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
“I’m okay to take off, but he doesn’t have that flexibility,” she said.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
“I’ll see you,” I say, and take off running.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
