take off

verb

1. tr to remove or discard (a garment)
2. intr (of an aircraft) to become airborne
3. informal.
   to set out or cause to set out on a journey

   they took off for Spain

4. tr (of a disease) to prove fatal to; kill
5. informal.
   tr to mimic or imitate, esp in an amusing or satirical manner
6. informal.
   intr to become successful or popular, esp suddenly

noun

1. the act or process of making an aircraft airborne
2. the stage of a country's economic development when rapid and sustained economic growth is first achieved
3. informal.
   an act of mimicry; imitation

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