do a take-off

I tried to do a take-off of his voice and forgot all about it.

I said, 'What does that have to do with anything?' and we teased each other about it I tried to do a take-off of his voice and forgot all about it.

It's much simpler to do an impression of somebody waving their arms about and emoting to the music, and imagine you're Arturo Toscanini or Carlos Kleiber, than it is to do a take-off of Horowitz playing Rachmaninov on the piano.