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Definition of taking off
take off
- to begin.
Take off, I ain't got all day!
Last edited on Jul 11 2011. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on Jul 10 2011.
- to engage in a fight by throwing the first punch.
Dawg, I'ma take off on your homeboy if he don't get my money.
Last edited on Jul 11 2011. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on Jul 10 2011.
verb - intransitive
- to leave.
Let's take off.
Citation from "Missing Person", Terriers (TV), Season 1 Episode 7 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Pilot", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Son of Stan", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 2 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
- to become successful.
The business is starting to take off.
Citation from "Let 'Em Eat Cake", Arrested Development (TV), Season 1 Episode 22 (2004) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: successful.
Last edited on Jul 18 2016. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'successful': | |
| Definitions include: to sell. | |
| Definitions include: in a position where some goal is easily attainable. | |
| Definitions include: to reach the point at which an idea or product becomes successful. | |
| Definitions include: see touchdown. | |
| Definitions include: high-grade marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: in a position where some goal is easily attainable. | |
| Definitions include: a successful thing, especially a movie. | |
| Definitions include: a baseball reference, meaning "that area of (some context-dependent thing) that only successful people can reach." | |
| Definitions include: to be successful. | |
| Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "the big leagues". | |
| Definitions include: a success. | |
| Definitions include: to be successful. | |
| Definitions include: to succeed initially. | |
Other terms relating to 'to go, leave, exit': | |
| Definitions include: to "step up" to a fight. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: hair or hair style. | |
| Definitions include: spelling and pronunciation variant of "shake the spot", meaning to leave. | |
| Definitions include: noun. Used to describe person (male or female) with no ambition, usually found in the school smoking court. | |
| Definitions include: to kill. | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: go away. | |
| Definitions include: a successful thing, especially a movie. | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly due to fear. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "patient fell over", a notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: to visit a person's residence. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: see Audi 5000. | |
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Other terms relating to 'off': | |
| Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not. | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to get out of a prior obligation by asking. | |
| Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master. | |
| Definitions include: to reprimand. | |
| Definitions include: to ignore another person(s) in a rude manner. | |
| Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger. | |
| Definitions include: to do something to get rid of negative emotions. | |
| Definitions include: to cheat on one's spouse. | |
| Definitions include: to bore one. | |
| Definitions include: to suggest ideas to another person to get feedback. | |
| Definitions include: annoyed, very cross. | |
| Definitions include: to end a relationship. | |
Other terms relating to 'take': | |
| Definitions include: "Chill, don't worry about it." | |
| Definitions include: a second look. | |
| Definitions include: compromise. | |
| Definitions include: "Both people involved in a bad situation are to be blamed." | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely, or defeat severely. | |
| Definitions include: taking bribes. | |
| Definitions include: the result of someone taking the piss. | |
| Definitions include: to rob or extort. | |
| Definitions include: to have to go take a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to mistreat. | |
| Definitions include: to get something to eat. | |
| Definitions include: to take a look. | |
| Definitions include: taking a chance on something. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: he needs to relax. | |
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