take off
take
teÉĒk
teik
off
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aaf
/teÉĒk ɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "take off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to take off
[phrase form: take]
01

āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to remove a piece of clothing or accessory from your or another's body
Transitive: to take off clothing or accessory
to take off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before swimming, make sure to take off your jewelry.
āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇, āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ—āϝāĻŧāύāĻž āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧁āύ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
02

āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to leave in a sudden manner
Intransitive
to take off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers decided to take off early in the morning to avoid the heat.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āωāĻĄā§āĻĄāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to leave a surface and begin flying
Intransitive
to take off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Pilots need permission to take off from the airport.
āĻĒāĻžāχāϞāϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāĻĄā§āĻĄāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deduct an amount from a total
Transitive: to take off an amount
to take off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's crucial to take off any unauthorized charges from the financial statement.
āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
05

āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become famous and successful in a sudden and rapid manner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The app began to take off, gaining millions of users within a few months.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to remove something from a particular place or position
Transitive: to take off sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician will take off the malfunctioning part and replace it with a new one.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to be absent from one's job for a specific duration, typically for personal reasons or leisure
Transitive: to take off a day or days
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you take Friday off and join us for the weekend getaway?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
08

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧋āĻĄāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to playfully imitate someone or something
Transitive: to take off sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actor could take off the president's speech in a way that left the audience in stitches.
āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻž āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
09

āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇, āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āφāύāϝāĻŧāύ

to have serious consequences
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ignoring warning signs can take off and lead to accidents in the workplace.
āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž āϘāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
10

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin an activity, process, event, etc., often with the intention of quickly making progress
Intransitive
Transitive: to take off an activity or process
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let's take the event off with an impressive opening ceremony to captivate the audience.
āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ• āωāĻĻā§āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ⧀ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
11

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to discontinue a particular medication, treatment, or dietary regimen that was previously prescribed
Transitive: to take off medication or treatment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The decision to take off a certain dietary restriction should be made in consultation with a nutritionist.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋāύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧ āϏāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
12

āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to end or discontinue a TV show, performances, or public service
Transitive: to take off a TV show or performances
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The airline announced plans to take off several flights from its schedule due to decreased demand.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϞāĻžāχāύāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āϚāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
13

āϏāϰāĻžāύ, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to cut or remove a part of someone's or something's body
Transitive: to take off a body part
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The accident almost took off his finger.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
14

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻž

to trim hair, fur, etc., often for styling purposes
Transitive: to take off hair or fur
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hairstylist offered to take off a few inches of her hair to give it a fresh look.
āϚ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āχāĻžā§āϚāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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