Talk:take off
Could we have attestations for take off as "satirize". I've heard take off on and the more common noun form takeoff, but not just take off, as
- * SNL's Weekend Update frequently takes off the president's behavior.
Also, I can't come up with a strong example for begin. I can imagine
- This company is beginning to take off.
which is clearly a metaphorical extension of the "leave the ground" sense.
Not just for powered flight--a glider or a skier can "take off", too. RSvK 20:38, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
Point. I would have the skiing example as a separate (derived) sense, but a glider taking off is definitely the same sense as for other aircraft. In that definition I was trying to capture the idea that an airplane or rocket can take off, but I didn't think a blimp or hot-air baloon would (what do they do?). -dmh 03:15, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
I would like a definition of what is meant by "a take-off of dimensions" in architecture.
Take off, loser! edit
Isn't "take off", in this sense, a stereotypical Canadianism? It's rarely used as an expression in the U.S. 4.242.147.237 17:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if that is limited to my cousins Bob & Doug Mckenzie, or all of Canada. I'm also not sure if that would be described as an interjection or as a verb, offhand. --Connel MacKenzie 18:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
take off = succeed edit
I've added a recent newspaper quote. I can add more if needed. I think = succeed is not really questionable.Algrif 17:37, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
take off = impersonate / satirize edit
I know it is used in this way, but I'm blowed if I can find any good quotable support. Mostly I find does a good take-off and similar, using the noun form rather than the straight phrasal verb. I'm going to keep looking though. Algrif 17:39, 23 July 2007 (UTC)