take off
  起飛,離開,移開,取消,脫掉,產生
  Take off v. t.
  1. To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat, coat or other article of clothing; to take off a coat of paint from a surface.
  2. To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.
  3. To destroy; as, to take off life.
  4. To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument.
  5. To withdraw; to call or draw away; as, the director took him off the project. --Locke.
  6. To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.
  7. To purchase; to take in trade. “The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off.” --Locke.
  8. To copy; to reproduce. “Take off all their models in wood.” --Addison.
  9. To imitate; to mimic; to personate.
  10. To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
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  take off
       v 1: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part,
             start, start out, set forth, set off, set out]
       2: take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
       3: depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"
          [syn: lift off]
       4: take time off from work; stop working temporarily [syn: take
          time off]
       5: mimic or imitate, especially in an amusing or satirical
          manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"
       6: remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
       7: get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the
          project took a long time to get off the ground" [syn: get
          off the ground]
       8: prove fatal; "The disease took off"
       9: make a subtraction [syn: subtract, deduct] [ant: add]