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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



... rowing with the middle pair, and steering with the hinder ones, while the front limbs were held aloft ready for the seizing of prey. I watched three of them approach the ant, which was struggling to reach the shore, and the first to reach it hesitated not a moment, but leaped into the air from a take-off of mere aqueous surface film, landed full upon the drowning unfortunate, grasped it, and at the same instant gave a mighty sweep with its oars, to escape from its pursuing, envious companions. Off went ...
— Edge of the Jungle • William Beebe
... were mandatory and concise: "No capture must be attempted individually. In the event of sighting any form of human life, the ship MUST be notified immediately. All small craft must be back at the landing space not later than one hour before take-off. Anyone not so ...
— The Last Supper • T. D. Hamm
... within sight behind a small gorse bush, but funnily enough not a hound got wind of him. Scene III. was a good water-jump where one of the field had taken a toss right into the middle of a stream. Considering the sandy spot he had chosen as a take-off, he had no one to thank but himself. A lady further up on a grey, obviously suffering from spavin, was sailing over like a two-year old. The last scene was of course a kill, the gentleman in the pink gloves on the black ...
— Fanny Goes to War • Pat Beauchamp


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