Definitions
1.VerbTo 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.VerbTo imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
3.VerbTo leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight."The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.; That high-jumper takes off from her left foot.; Mute swans need a long stretch of water in order to take off."
4.VerbTo stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
5.VerbTo become successful, to flourish."The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit."
6.VerbTo depart."I'm going to take off now.; Take off, loser!"
7.VerbTo quantify."I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project."
8.VerbTo 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."
9.VerbTo take drugs; to inject drugs.
10.VerbTo steal (something) or rob (someone).
11.VerbTo swallow."to take off a glass of wine"
12.NounNonstandard spelling of takeoff.