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1. A departure; especially of airplanes
    
2. The initial ascent of an aeroplane as it becomes airborne
    
3. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
   - parody, lampoon, spoof [informal], sendup [informal], send-up [informal], mockery, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade, put-on [N. Amer, informal]
    
4. [informal] Humorous or satirical mimicry
   - parody, mockery

1. Head for somewhere else
   "The family took off for Florida";
   - depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out
    
2. Take away
    
3. Remove clothes or shoes
   "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
    
4. Depart from the ground
   "The plane took off two hours late";
   - lift off
    
5. Take time off from work; stop working temporarily
   - take time off
    
6. [informal] Mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
   "This song takes off from a famous aria"
    
7. Get started or become successful
   "the project took a long time to take off";
   - get off the ground
    
8. Prove fatal
   "The disease took off"
    
9. (arithmetic) make a subtraction
   "take off this amount from my paycheque";
   - subtract, deduct

Derived forms: taken off, took off, takeoffs, taking off, takes off

Type of: apery, ascension, ascent, break up, calculate, caricature, cipher, compute, copy, cut off, cypher, departure, discase, disrobe, disrupt, figure [N. Amer], get going, go, go away, go forth, going, going away, imitate, imitation, impersonation, interrupt, kill, leave, leaving, mimicry, off [informal], peel, reckon, remove, rise, rising, simulate, start, strip, strip down, take, take away, uncase, unclothe, undress, unrobe, withdraw, work out

Antonym: add

Encyclopedia: Takeoff