| inglese > italiano | |
| take off | |
| 1. verb. togliere | |
| 2. verb. decollare | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| take off | |
| 1. v. To remove. |  |
| He took off his shoes. |  |
| The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word. |  |
| Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm. |  |
| 2. v. To imitate, often in a satirical manner. |  |
| 3. v. (intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air. |  |
| The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3. |  |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish. |  |
| The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit. |  |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To depart. |  |
| I'm going to take off now. |  |
| Take off, loser! |  |
| 6. v. To quantify. |  |
| I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project. |  |
| 7. v. To absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission. |  |
| If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa. |  |
| He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner. |  |
| 8. v. (intransitive, slang) To take drugs; to inject drugs. |  |
| 9. v. (transitive, slang) To steal (something) or rob (someone). |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| decollare | |
| 1. v. (intransitive, of an aircraft or its passengers) to take off |  |