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adverb Off adv. In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: 1.Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off. 2.Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like. 3.Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off. 4.Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off. 5.Denoting opposition or negation. (Obs.) "The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either off or on." From off, off from; off. "A live coal... taken with the tongs from off the altar." Off and on. (a)Not constantly; not regularly; now and then; occasionally. (b)(Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land. To be off. (a)To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a moment's warning. (b)To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the bet was declared to be off. (Colloq.) To come off, To cut off, To fall off, To go off, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, Go, etc. To get off. (a)To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke. (b)To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a trial. (Colloq.) To take off To do a take-off on, To take off, to mimic, lampoon, or impersonate. To tell off (a)(Mil.) to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises. (b)to rebuke (a person) for an improper action; to scold; to reprimand. To be well off, to be in good condition. To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.
verb Take off v. t. 1.To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat, coat or other article of clothing; to take off a coat of paint from a surface. 2.To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb. 3.To destroy; as, to take off life. 4.To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. 5.To withdraw; to call or draw away; as, the director took him off the project. 6.To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine. 7.To purchase; to take in trade. "The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off." 8.To copy; to reproduce. "Take off all their models in wood." 9.To imitate; to mimic; to personate. 10.To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. (R.) 11.To discount or deduct (from a price); the dealer took off twenty percent on remaining toys.
Take off v. i. 1.To begin a leap from a surface or a flight into the air; especially, (of a bird or an airplane) to leave the ground and begin to fly; as, flight CA123 took off on schedule at 3:00 PM. 2.To begin a period of accelerating growth or development; as, the economy took off in the third quarter. 3.To begin a journey; to depart.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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