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Take-off   Listen
noun
Take-off, Takeoff  n.  
1.
An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; used with of or on; as, the comedian did a hilarious takeoff on the president.
2.
The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from which a jumper rises in leaping. "The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side."
3.
The beginning of a leap from a surface or a flight into the air, especially the process or event of an airplane leaving the ground and beginning its flight; as, the takeoff of flight CA123 was scheduled for 3:00 PM.





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"Take-off" Quotes from Famous Books



... take-off on musical New York. The unconscious humour and egotism are delicious, and Mr. Brady's black-and-white sketches are clever ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman
... shall," replied the young inventor. "In the first place, I'm a bit tired of scooting through the air so much, though it isn't to be denied that it's the quickest way of going. But in South America there are so many jungles that it will be hard to find a level starting ground for a take-off, after we land. Of course we could go up as a balloon, but this expedition is going to be different from any ...
— Tom Swift in Captivity • Victor Appleton
... think he did, Mamma? Simply got on his horse, and jumped those palings there and then! I can't think how he wasn't killed. There was almost no take-off, and the fence is so high. However, there he was, and I could not get away again, because, if I had run, the horse could easily have kept up with me. But I only said "Yes" and "No" all the way to the house, so he could not have enjoyed it much. We went straight to the drawing-room, where tea ...
— The Visits of Elizabeth • Elinor Glyn
... ideas. The overtime continued, but it was dull after that—which made it even more tiring. But the time he took a special release out to the spaceport was the worst. Seeing the big ship readying for take-off back to Earth.... ...
— Police Your Planet • Lester del Rey
... the boxes, examining it with interest, trailing Narsisi behind him at the end of the chain. The thing was higher than his head and almost twice as long. A heavy shaft emerged through openings on opposite sides, probably the power takeoff for the wheels. Through an opening in the side he could see inset handles and two small colored disks, and above this were three funnel-shaped openings shaped and painted like mouths. By standing on tiptoe Jason looked on top but there was only a flanged, sooty opening that ...
— The Ethical Engineer • Henry Maxwell Dempsey


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