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{
"antonyms": [
{
"english": "applies to clothing only",
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"remove\"",
"word": "don"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"remove\"",
"word": "put on"
},
{
"english": "also applies to spacecraft and some other vessels",
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"ascend\"",
"word": "land"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"begin flight\"",
"word": "land"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"begin flight\"",
"word": "touch down"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "45 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "take-off"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "takeoff"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0",
"word": "take one's hat off to"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes off",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took off",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> off"
},
"expansion": "take off (third-person singular simple present takes off, present participle taking off, simple past took off, past participle taken off)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "45 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0",
"word": "to lift off"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He took off his shoes.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1980 Charlie's Angels (TV, season 4.23)",
"text": "Sounds nice. Has a certain ring to it. Take your shirt off."
},
{
"ref": "1995, Richard Rhodes, quoting Curtis LeMay, “Scorpions in a Bottle”, in Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 574",
"text": "The Russian bear has always been eager to stick his paw in Latin American waters. Now we've got him in a trap, let's take his leg off right up to his testicles. On second thought, let's take off his testicles, too.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27",
"text": "By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove."
],
"id": "en-take_off-en-verb-uNZe2EYa",
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To remove."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "80 1 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 0",
"sense": "remove clothing",
"word": "doff"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵalaʕa",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "خَلَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hanel",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "հանել"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "çıxarmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdymácʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "здыма́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "znjacʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "зняць"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "treure"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "chr",
"english": "pants",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "asulagia",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ᎠᏑᎳᎩᎠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "chr",
"english": "shoes",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "dalasulagia",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ᏓᎳᏑᎳᎩᎠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "chr",
"english": "mask or veil",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "aligvdulea",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ᎠᎵᎬᏚᎴᎠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "脫"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuō",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "脱"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "svléci"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sundat"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fjerne"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "aftage"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "uittrekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"english": "hat",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "afzetten"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ottaa pois"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "enlever"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ôter"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "ausziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "loslösen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "abziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ablegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "abnehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vgázo",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "βγάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "wehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "utārnā",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "उतारना"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "levesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "levet"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "taka af"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fjarlægja"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "is",
"english": "referring to clothing that closes around the body or parts of it",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fara úr"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "bain de"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "togliere"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"alt": "ぬぐ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nugu",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "脱ぐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dɑh",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ដោះ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beotda",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "벗다"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dakene",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "داکەنە"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "exuō"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "símnuva",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "си́мнува"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tŕgnuva",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "тр́гнува"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slékuva",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "сле́кува"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "soblékuva",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "собле́кува"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "neħħa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "marere"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "utsua"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ta av"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fjerne"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "dōn of"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdejmować"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdjąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "tirar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "da jos"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"raw_tags": [
"of clothing"
],
"roman": "snimátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"usually"
],
"word": "снима́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snjatʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "снять"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubirátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "убира́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubrátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "убра́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "quitarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ta av"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tɔ̀ɔt",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ถอด"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "phud",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ཕུད"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "rutk-"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znimáty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зніма́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znjáty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "зня́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "utārnā",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "اتارنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "bỏ"
}
]
},
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{
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{
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{
"ref": "1978 April 22, Robert Chesley, “The Return Of The Peaches”, in Gay Community News, page 12",
"text": "Yes, the Peaches, on a nearly non-existent budget, lack professionalism. The basic format of this show — taking off on television, with a soap opera, a quiz show , news, a cooking class and commercials for KY and grass, etc. — resembles kids getting up a skit.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1986, John Le Carré, A Perfect Spy, Sceptre, published 2011, page 365",
"text": "Pym would take him off perfectly, thought Brotherhood. Pym would catch that accent to a tee.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To imitate somebody, often in a satirical manner."
],
"id": "en-take_off-en-verb-a8-dB-sm",
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[
"imitate",
"imitate"
],
[
"satirical",
"satirical"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To imitate somebody, often in a satirical manner."
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 65 1 17 3 3 2 2 2 0",
"sense": "imitate",
"word": "ape"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 65 1 17 3 3 2 2 2 0",
"sense": "imitate",
"word": "imitate"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 65 1 17 3 3 2 2 2 0",
"sense": "imitate",
"word": "impersonate"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 65 1 17 3 3 2 2 2 0",
"sense": "imitate",
"word": "mimic"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air."
],
"id": "en-take_off-en-verb-en:ascend",
"links": [
[
"leave",
"leave"
],
[
"ground",
"ground"
],
[
"flight",
"flight"
],
[
"ascend",
"ascend"
],
[
"air",
"air"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an aircraft or spacecraft"
],
"senseid": [
"en:ascend"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaqlaʕa",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "أَقْلَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿṙčʿel",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "թռչել"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pokvel",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "պոկվել"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "aireratu"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uzljatácʹ",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "узлята́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uzljacjécʹ",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "узляце́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otlitam",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "отлитам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izlitam",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "излитам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "enlairar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "起飛"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
"code": "cmn",
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{
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"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
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"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
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{
"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
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"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
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"_dis1": "5 2 76 4 5 3 2 3 2 0",
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"text": "2007 July 12, The Guardian, A welcome invasion.\nThe message is now the medium – that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves."
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"ref": "1986, Ira Katznelson, Aristide R. Zolberg, Working-class Formation, page 45",
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"ref": "2003, Calin M. Popescu, Kan Phaobunjong, Nuntapong Ovararin, Estimating Building Costs, page 354",
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"ref": "2003, N. A. Cumpsty, Jet Propulsion",
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"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1980 Charlie's Angels (TV, season 4.23)",
"text": "Sounds nice. Has a certain ring to it. Take your shirt off."
},
{
"ref": "1995, Richard Rhodes, quoting Curtis LeMay, “Scorpions in a Bottle”, in Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 574",
"text": "The Russian bear has always been eager to stick his paw in Latin American waters. Now we've got him in a trap, let's take his leg off right up to his testicles. On second thought, let's take off his testicles, too.",
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},
{
"ref": "2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27",
"text": "By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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]
],
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],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
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],
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{
"ref": "1978 April 22, Robert Chesley, “The Return Of The Peaches”, in Gay Community News, page 12",
"text": "Yes, the Peaches, on a nearly non-existent budget, lack professionalism. The basic format of this show — taking off on television, with a soap opera, a quiz show , news, a cooking class and commercials for KY and grass, etc. — resembles kids getting up a skit.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1986, John Le Carré, A Perfect Spy, Sceptre, published 2011, page 365",
"text": "Pym would take him off perfectly, thought Brotherhood. Pym would catch that accent to a tee.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"satirical"
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"transitive"
]
},
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],
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{
"text": "The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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],
[
"ground",
"ground"
],
[
"flight",
"flight"
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[
"ascend",
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[
"air",
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]
],
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],
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"intransitive"
]
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],
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{
"text": "The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "2007 July 12, The Guardian, A welcome invasion.\nThe message is now the medium – that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves."
},
{
"ref": "2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that \"oozes\" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, pages 52-53",
"text": "As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, \"there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well\", he continues. \"We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this more than we ever used to. We promote how accessible the railways are. I think that this area has more than doubled from pre-COVID levels.",
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}
],
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"intransitive"
]
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],
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"text": "I'm going to take off now.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "Take off, loser!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020, Armando Lazzari, Dinner with the Mafia",
"text": "Ben threw twenty bucks on the table, grabbed the map and took off after the thief, following Susan who had run off before him.",
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}
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"text": "I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project.",
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]
],
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],
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"transitive"
]
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"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"text": "If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa.",
"type": "example"
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}
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"intransitive",
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],
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]
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],
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],
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],
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"drug",
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],
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],
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],
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"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"English slang",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To steal (something) or rob (someone)."
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"steal"
],
[
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],
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"categories": [
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],
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"text": "to take off a glass of wine",
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],
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"To swallow."
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[
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],
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"tags": [
"Australia"
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{
"sense": "remove clothing",
"word": "doff"
},
{
"sense": "imitate",
"word": "ape"
},
{
"sense": "imitate",
"word": "imitate"
},
{
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},
{
"sense": "imitate",
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{
"sense": "become successful",
"word": "bloom"
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{
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},
{
"sense": "become successful",
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "depart"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵalaʕa",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
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},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hanel",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "հանել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "çıxarmaq"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdymácʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "здыма́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "znjacʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "зняць"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "treure"
},
{
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"english": "pants",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "asulagia",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ᎠᏑᎳᎩᎠ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"english": "shoes",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "dalasulagia",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ᏓᎳᏑᎳᎩᎠ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
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"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "aligvdulea",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ᎠᎵᎬᏚᎴᎠ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "脫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuō",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "脱"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fjerne"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "aftage"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "hat",
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "afzetten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ottaa pois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "enlever"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ôter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "ausziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "loslösen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "abziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ablegen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "abnehmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "to remove",
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},
{
"code": "haw",
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "wehe"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "उतारना"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to remove",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "levet"
},
{
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "taka af"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fjarlægja"
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{
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fara úr"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "bain de"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "togliere"
},
{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nugu",
"sense": "to remove",
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"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
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{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "dɑh",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ដោះ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beotda",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "벗다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dakene",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "داکەنە"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "exuō"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "си́мнува"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "тр́гнува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
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},
{
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "to remove",
"word": "собле́кува"
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{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "neħħa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "marere"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to remove",
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "utsua"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ta av"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "fjerne"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "dōn of"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdejmować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdjąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "tirar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "da jos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"raw_tags": [
"of clothing"
],
"roman": "snimátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"usually"
],
"word": "снима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snjatʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "снять"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubirátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "убира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubrátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "убра́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "quitarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ta av"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tɔ̀ɔt",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ถอด"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "phud",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ཕུད"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "rutk-"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znimáty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зніма́ти"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znjáty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"topics": [
"clothing",
"textiles",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "зня́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "utārnā",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "اتارنا"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "bỏ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaqlaʕa",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "أَقْلَعَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿṙčʿel",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "թռչել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pokvel",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "պոկվել"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "aireratu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uzljatácʹ",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "узлята́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uzljacjécʹ",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "узляце́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otlitam",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "отлитам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izlitam",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "излитам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "enlairar-se"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "起飛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐfēi",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "起飞"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "vzlétnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "afgå"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "ekflugi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "nousta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "lähteä lentoon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "décoller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "prendre son vol"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "prendre son essor"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "engalar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "starten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "abheben"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apogeiónomai",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "απογειώνομαι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "himrí",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "הִמְרִיא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "felszáll"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "hefja sig á loft"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "hefja sig á flug"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "takast á loft"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "takast á flug"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "elevar se"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "decollare"
},
{
"alt": "とびたつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tobitatsu",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "飛び立つ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "hɑh-laəng",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "ហោះឡើង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "iryukhada",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "이륙하다"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "polétuva",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "поле́тува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "hārewa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "ta av"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "lette"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "havalanmak",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "هوالانمق"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "decolar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "descolar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "levantar voo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "decola"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzletátʹ",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "взлета́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzletétʹ",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взлете́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "despegar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "lyfta"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ɔ̀ɔk-dtuua",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "ออกตัว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "havalanmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlitáty",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зліта́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zletíty",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "злеті́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to begin flight",
"word": "cất cánh"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "izdahara",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "اِزْدَهَرَ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "騰飛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "téngfēi",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "腾飞"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "een vlucht nemen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "lähteä lentoon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "durchstarten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "in Schwung kommen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "deslanchar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podnjatʹsja",
"sense": "to become successful",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подняться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podnimatʹsja",
"sense": "to become successful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подниматься"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become successful",
"word": "ta fart"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to depart",
"word": "lähteä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to depart",
"word": "häipyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to depart",
"word": "décoller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to depart",
"word": "s’arracher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to depart",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "abhauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to depart",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "sich verziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to depart",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "weg sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "coll. / idiomatic",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to depart",
"word": "den Abflug machen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to depart",
"word": "fortgehen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to absent oneself from work or other responsibility",
"word": "pitää vapaata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to absent oneself from work or other responsibility",
"word": "freinehmen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to absent oneself from work or other responsibility",
"word": "folgar"
}
],
"word": "take off"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "take offs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "take off (plural take offs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "takeoff"
}
],
"categories": [
"English nonstandard forms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1986, Ira Katznelson, Aristide R. Zolberg, Working-class Formation, page 45",
"text": "France never experienced a \"take off\" of the sort hypothesized by W. W. Rostow — a sudden spurt of output that begins sustained industrial growth.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Calin M. Popescu, Kan Phaobunjong, Nuntapong Ovararin, Estimating Building Costs, page 354",
"text": "Therefore, the only sure way to estimate the quantity of lumber required for any particular job is to do a take off of each piece of lumber needed for the work.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, N. A. Cumpsty, Jet Propulsion",
"text": "This is virtually equal to the minimum value shown above to be necessary in the case of a total loss in thrust from one of the four engines at take off.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Nonstandard spelling of takeoff."
],
"links": [
[
"takeoff",
"takeoff#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"nonstandard"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-take off.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-au-take_off.ogg/En-au-take_off.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-au-take_off.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "take off"
}
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