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take-off (iou)



take-off noun & adjective. E19.
[from take off s.v. TAKE verb.]
A. noun.
A thing that detracts from something; a drawback. arch. E19.
An act of mimicking; a mimic; a caricature; a skit, a parody. colloq. M19.
C. Wittke Take-offs on theatrical stars..often displayed rare powers of mimicry. Listener A take-off of Italian opera..The Beggars' Opera is a parody of the pastoral mode.
a. An act of springing from the ground in jumping or leaping; transf. a place or spot from which a jump or leap is launched. M19.
b. Aeronautics. The action or an act of becoming airborne. E20.
vertical take-off: see VERTICAL adjective.
M. Meyer We played Scrabble..while waiting for take-off at Heathrow.
Croquet. A stroke made from contact with a croqueted ball in which the striker's ball moves further than the other. L19.
An act of starting off on a journey etc.; a departure. E20.
spec. in Economics. The beginning of (a new phase of accelerated or increased) growth or development. M20.
Phrases: power take-off: see POWER noun.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Of or pertaining to a take-off. L19.
Designating or pertaining to a (part of a) mechanism for taking something off or removing something. L19.
That may be taken off; designed to be readily put on and taken off. M20.