Definitions
1.verbTo remove."He took off his shoes."
2.verbTo imitate, often in a satirical manner.
3.verb(of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air."The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3."
4.verbTo become successful, to flourish."The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit."
5.verbTo depart."I'm going to take off now."
6.verbTo quantify."I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project."
7.verbTo absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission."He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner."
8.verbTo take drugs; to inject drugs.
9.verbTo steal (something) or rob (someone).
10.verbTo swallow."to take off a glass of wine"
11.nounThe rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight."The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough."
12.nounA parody or lampoon of someone or something.
13.nounA quantification, especially of building materials."I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel."
14.nounThe removal of sheets from the press.
15.nounThe spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.