"lift off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lifts off [present, singular, third-person], lifting off [participle, present], lifted off [participle, past], lifted off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lift off (third-person singular simple present lifts off, present participle lifting off, simple past and past participle lifted off)
  1. Synonym of take off (leave the ground and begin flight). Synonyms: take off [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: lift-off [noun], liftoff [noun] Related terms: lift up
    Sense id: en-lift_off-en-verb-8nUl~N8Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

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