Synonyms for take off
take off

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1. take offverb

   To remove.

   Synonyms:
   doff

   Antonyms:
   put on, don

2. take offverb

   To imitate, often in a satirical manner.

   They love to take off all the politicians' mannerisms.

   Synonyms:
   mimic, ape, impersonate, imitate

3. take offverb

   The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.

   Antonyms:
   land, touch down

4. take offverb

   To become successful, to flourish.

   The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.

   Synonyms:
   bloom, blossom, flourish, grow, thrive

5. take offverb

   To depart.

   Synonyms:
   depart

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1. depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take offverb

   leave

   "The family took off for Florida"

   Synonyms:
   cancel, take leave, start, initiate, offset, exposit, set about, go away, get, start out, explode, spark, get going, range, take time off, split up, lift off, incite, commence, expound, get down, break up, bulge, detonate, lay out, divide, instigate, trigger off, activate, part, vary, array, pull up stakes, trigger, get off the ground, embark on, originate, split, pop out, trip, separate, bulge out, deduct, go, depart, lead off, set off, actuate, diverge, sidetrack, digress, start up, pop, bug out, begin, spark off, touch off, startle, bring out, leave, jump, disunite, blow up, set forth, subtract, break, deviate, protrude, come out, straggle, stir up, take up, quit, set out

2. take offverb

   take away or remove

   "Take that weight off me!"

   Synonyms:
   set off, start out, get off the ground, set out, lift off, part, take time off, subtract, start, set forth, deduct, depart

3. take off, lift offverb

   depart from the ground

   "The plane took off two hours late"

   Synonyms:
   set off, start out, get off the ground, set out, lift off, part, take time off, subtract, start, set forth, deduct, depart

4. take off, take time offverb

   take time off from work; stop working temporarily

   Synonyms:
   set off, start out, get off the ground, set out, lift off, part, take time off, subtract, start, set forth, deduct, depart

5. take offverb

   mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner

   "This song takes off from a famous aria"

   Synonyms:
   set off, start out, get off the ground, set out, lift off, part, take time off, subtract, start, set forth, deduct, depart

6. take offverb

   remove clothes

   "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

   Synonyms:
   set off, start out, get off the ground, set out, lift off, part, take time off, subtract, start, set forth, deduct, depart

7. get off the ground, take offverb

   get started or set in motion, used figuratively

   "the project took a long time to get off the ground"

   Synonyms:
   set off, start out, get off the ground, lift off, part, take time off, subtract, deduct, start, set forth, set out, depart

8. take offverb

   prove fatal

   "The disease took off"

   Synonyms:
   set off, start out, get off the ground, set out, lift off, part, take time off, subtract, start, set forth, deduct, depart

9. subtract, deduct, take offverb

   make a subtraction

   "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

   Synonyms:
   derive, set forth, infer, subtract, start out, take time off, part, start, lift off, deduct, get off the ground, depart, withhold, recoup, set out, deduce, set off

Matched Categories

1. • Arithmetic
   • Calculate
   • Depart
   • Imitate
   • Kill
   • Remove
   • Start
   • Undress

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1. hit (verb)

   informal language, colloquial

   “hit the road, jack”

   Submitted by erhnice on July 29, 2019  

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1. take off

   Synonyms:
   remove, take away

2. take off

   Synonyms:
   cut off

3. take off

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, withhold

4. take off

   Synonyms:
   destroy, kill

5. take off

   Synonyms:
   swallow, drink

6. take off

   Synonyms:
   imitate, personate, mimic

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1. take off

   Synonyms:
   doff, remove, divest one's self of

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How to use take off in a sentence?

1. Proverb:

   We hang little thieves, and take off our hats to great ones.

2. Jessica Pegula:

   Kind of helped me realize to compete for every single point and not really take off any games, take off any points.

3. Terrence Ross:

   They find these dudes cruising around Winter Garden in my whip, they start the chase, dudes take off in my whip, take off in my whip. Smash it. Lose control of it and crash it into the side of a building.

4. Eva Gates:

   A gentleman came in wearing a hat that was a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat, and our manager went up to the gentleman and asked him to take off his hat, that he wouldn’t serve him with that hat on, and the gentleman said that he had a right to wear that hat. And [the manager] refused to serve him if he wouldn’t take off his hat, and so the customer had to leave.

5. Gary Sinise:

   Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.