take off
Rise from runway
Take off centers on departure and removal.
An airplane takes off when it leaves the ground.
You take off your coat when you remove it.
To take off from work is to be absent: I'm taking Friday off.
When something takes off, it gains sudden momentum or popularity: The business really took off after the review.
A takeoff is an imitation or parody: His takeoff of the president was spot-on.
Moment of ascent
- runwayPaved path for planes
- departureAct of going away
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- airplanePowered flying machine
pilot · airport · gate · airborne · soar · climb · altitude · skyward
Reproduce another's behavior
- parodySatirical imitation
- impersonateAssume another's identity
- mockScornful imitation or fake
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
lampoon · spoof · satirize · sendup · impression · comedy · sketch · exaggerate
Depart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- abscondFlee to avoid capture
- vanishCease to be visible
- disappearPass from visibility
slip away · getaway · dash · sprint · make tracks · hightail · fly the coop · break free
Remove one's garments
unzip · unfasten · unhook · discard · strip · disrobe · unwrap · exfoliate
Loud deep sound
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- skyrocketRise sharply and suddenly
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- prosperSucceed and flourish
breakthrough · viral · trending · popularity · momentum · explosion · meteoric · catapult
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- padCushioned writing surface
shuttle · orbit · mission · propulsion · booster · trajectory · payload · aerospace
liftoff
Moment of ascent
airplane · pilot · airport · gate · airborne · soar · climb · altitude · skyward · clearance
imitate
Reproduce another's behavior
- parodySatirical imitation
- impersonateAssume another's identity
- mockScornful imitation or fake
caricature · lampoon · spoof · satirize · sendup · impression · comedy · sketch · exaggerate · roast
leave
Sanctioned time away
goodbye · head out · hit the road · bounce · split · vamoose · scram · jet
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
disappear · slip away · getaway · dash · sprint · make tracks · hightail · fly the coop · break free · skedaddle
undress
Remove one's garments
doff · unzip · unfasten · unhook · discard · strip · disrobe · unwrap · exfoliate · delayer
boom
Loud deep sound
prosper · breakthrough · viral · trending · popularity · momentum · explosion · meteoric · catapult · accelerate
rocket
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
pad · shuttle · orbit · mission · propulsion · booster · trajectory · payload · aerospace · NASA
- departuresleave, depart, exit, leaving, go
- garment verbsdon, doff, dress, undress, wear
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, wait for
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
- removepeel, strip, scrape, shed, separate