takeoff
noun
us/ˈteɪk.ɑːf/uk/ˈteɪk.ɒf/takeoffnoun(AIRCRAFT)
[CorU]
themomentwhen anaircraftleavesthegroundandbeginstofly:
Night takeoffs andlandingsarebannedat thisairport.
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Moving upwards
- ascend
- ascension
- ascent
- be on an upward/downward trajectoryidiom
- bristle
- clamber
- come up
- heave
- hoick
- levitate
- levitation
- mount
- pull
- rear
- rise
- scale
- scramble
- shin
- shinny
- trajectory
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Air travel: aviation
takeoffnoun(COPY)
[C]
apieceofactingor writing, etc. thatcopiesthe way aparticularpersonspeaksorbehaves, or the way something is done, usually toentertainotherpeople:
It was thebesttakeoffofthemayorthat I haveeverseen.
Copying and copies
- anti-counterfeiting
- anti-piracy
- ape
- biomimicry
- blueprint
- bootleg
- derivative
- facsimile
- imaging
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- mail merge
- pirate
- pirated
- plagiarism
- plagiarize
- recopy
- reproduce
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Mocking and taunting