TAKEOFF

Takeoff

Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle goes from the ground to flying in the air.

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Take Off

Take Off is a 2009 South Korean film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa. The film was the 2nd most attended film of the year in South Korea with 8,392,953 admissions.

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take off

Verb

  1. To remove.
    He took off his shoes.
    The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
    Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.
  2. To imitate, often in a satirical manner.
    They love to take off all the politicians' mannerisms.
  3. To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
    The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.
  4. To become successful, to flourish.
    The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.
    • The Guardian, Thursday July 12, 2007, A welcome invasion. Article about the success of Scandinavian companies in the British market.
    "The message is now the medium – that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves."
  5. To depart.
    I'm going to take off now.
    Take off, loser!
  6. To quantify.
    I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project.
  7. to absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.
    If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa.
    He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner.


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takeoff

Noun

  1. The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
    The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
  2. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
    song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
  3. A quantification, especially of building materials.
    I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.


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