Meaning of take off In English

• 0 If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly:

  • The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.

• 1 to suddenly start to be successful or popular:

  • Her singing career had just begun to take off.

• 2 to suddenly leave somewhere, usually without telling anyone that you are going:

  • When he saw me, he took off in the other direction.

• 3 the moment when an aircraft leaves the ground and begins to fly:

  • Night take-offs and landings are banned at this airport.

• 4 a piece of acting or writing, etc. that copies the way a particular person speaks or behaves, or the way something is done, usually to entertain other people:

  • It was the best take-off of the prime minister that I have ever seen.

• 5 (of an aircraft) to leave the ground and fly:

  • The plane took off on time.

  • When he saw me coming, he took off in the other direction.

• 6 to suddenly become popular or successful:

  • The new product really took off among teens.

• 7 to suddenly start to be successful:

  • She became an ethical financial adviser ten years ago, just as green investing began to take off.

  • He taught for years before his writing career took off.

• 8 to suddenly increase in value or amount:

  • The shares took off, climbing more than 130%.

  • The time to protect your finances from inflation is now, before prices really take off.