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took off
verb as in leave; leave the ground
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The singer, whose hits include 7 Days, lived on the Holyrood Estate near Southampton city centre from the age of one until his music career took off in his early 20s.
“We got inquires to open studios, so I decided to license out the system. And it took off from there.”
"Top speed is my gift. I used it, took off and I got sub-20, so I couldn't be happier," said Gout, who ran a legal 20.21 in the heats.
Battles over the noise from pickleball courts have raged from coast to coast as the game took off in popularity over the past decade.
“Once they finally took me to the medical center, the nurse took my temperature. She said ‘you need to take that thing off your head’ and took off my hejab without asking my permission.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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