How To Use Take off In A Sentence

We have introduced singers like Madeline Bell as headliners and I think the club is beginning to take off.
You can then take off with complete confidence, knowing that you have checked all the really vital things for the flight.
This enables all aircraft up to the Airbus A380 to land and take off with full load capacity during all weather conditions. Times, Sunday Times
When it came time for the sermon, he watched the minister take off his wristwatch and place it on the pulpit.
But it was the Dutch luxury trades that enabled the economy to take off, and the financial institutions these trades spawned that allowed the Dutch to invest with an eye to continuous economic growth.

It is part of a pilot study believed to be the first of its kind in the country which, if successful, could take off nationwide.
Also, sea planes, when they take off or land, are quite vulnerable to what we call submerged debris, little things in the ocean that might catch on one of the wing floats as you might see on the picture there. CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2005
Maybe other readers more versed in rocketry can provide some better information on why vertical take off and landing vehicles are being pursued. Masten Space System's Xombie Make First Successful Test Flight - NASA Watch
I wonder if she'd take offense if I ask her to put on a snowsuit.
Use a smooth file or sanding block to take off the sharp edge with a few shear strokes (down and along the edge simultaneously).
Then a nurse came and took me into another room, where I had to take off my coat and unbutton my shirt again.
Once you take off all the stuff above you'd at least have a bit of time to do other things.
He is using your partner as divine sandpaper to take off the rough edges.
But the reason it's virtually indestructible is that it won't take off. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, to read through most rap lyrics is to wonder which adults or political constituencies wouldn't take offense.
Don't take offense to that comment, I have just always wanted to use the word shill in a sentance. From The Editors Desk: Concerning Links
Life can be busy with many different roles and hats to put on and take off again.
Now the past no longer haunts your heart, a love relationship can really take off. The Sun
Lay a sheet of unglazed paper on the hectograph, rub it carefully, and take off at once. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools
DW: Well, there's definitely one in Taos that we've been hearing about for quite a long time, but I just feel like this is going to take off. Mike Ragogna: A Tiger Suit, Junip & Great Companions: Conversations with KT Tunstall, Dar Williams, and José González, plus a KT Video Exclusive
Aside from a large winch, called a capstan, and various blocks and pulleys to take off some of the strain, eighteenth-century sailing ships relied on brute man power. John Paul Jones
To take off through the air, casting one's gaze across the endless sweep of the universe or upon the no less exciting realm of the microcosm.
The tentative order divvies up the right to take off and land once per day on flights between the approved cities. DOT awards new Tokyo routes to Delta, American, Hawaiian
The good thing about Kenny is that you can take a friendly sideswipe at him, and he doesn't take offence.
Remove the muslin cloth and take off the heat. Times, Sunday Times
Move aside the aircraft ... this weird looking craft is ready for take off.
First I take offence to the use of the term deadbeat, yes there are those which believe that society owes them a living, but, there are also those who truely are down on their luck right now, while we send billions to foreign countrys to feed, house and educate their children we cant make sure our own have the same privilages. Undefined
You could take off the Brooklyn Bridge's asphalt, remove half of the cables, make the piers a little narrower, make the span shorter, and you would still have a quite viable bridge.
At the second appointment, your dentist will take off the temporary crown and cement the gold or porcelain one in place.
Ten inbound long-haul flights, including from the US, Japan, South Africa, India and Japan, were also due to take off.
Job plans that seemed like wishful thinking take off. The Sun
The couple sat in air crew jump seats at different ends of the plane for take off. The Sun
Does the listener take offense if the remark is a knee-jerk one? Jennie Nash: The Making of a Novel: My Characters' Religion
In truth, the music didn't really take off - the church was stifling, people were shuffling on their feet and the music ebbed and flowed, promising climaxes that it didn't deliver, and tip-toeing around solemnity.
It was silly of Grace to take offence at our innocent remarks.
You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.
Because it is a more traditional style of dancing, we never expected it to take off like it has.
See that girl barefooting along Whistling and singing, she's a-carrying on Got laughing in her eyes Dancing in her feet She's a neon diamond She can live on the street Chorus Hey, hey, come right away Come and join the party Every day Hey, hey, come right away Come and join the party every day Well, everybody's dancing in a ring around the sun Nobody's finished, we ain't even begun So take off your shoes, child And take off your hat Try on your wings And find out where it's at The WELL: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
He will take office with the US Government already awash in red ink. Times, Sunday Times
Leave all your belongings in the clothes you take off, the door will automatically lock behind you.
At one point, we wait for 10 minutes to cross a road, conceding right of way to five aircraft as they taxi and take off just metres away.
So chemists as wellness centres are beginning to take off. Times, Sunday Times
He is using your partner as divine sandpaper to take off the rough edges.
Then, when what you re seeing looks good, take off your clothes and look some more.
After take off she pulled on her earphones and listened to her Walkman and read your book for the entire flight.
Originally my thinking must have been something like: "What if the seminars do not take off? Beat Stress
I suggest she take off her rose-coloured glasses, and perhaps she would see people in a different light.
He would always take off his hat and bow. Times, Sunday Times
It irritated many, myself included, to hear that the prison warders of Wakefield Jail had been ordered to take off the England flag tie pins they were wearing to raise cash for a cancer charity.
Some ppl have called me a "chihuahua" which I take offense, but gladly welcome myself as the pest against their redundant shibboleth and lies. Time to Hit Back Harder
A glider is ready to take off from Argentina in a flight designed to surf mountain air currents to the edge of space. Times, Sunday Times
But the scheme could not take off as planned and the majority of the polluting vehicles kept plying as several of them had no registration number or number plate.
The next president won’t take office until next year, but the pentagon is already getting ready for the new administration. CNN=Politics Daily
Place the lid on top and leave the rice to steam for about 20 minutes, then take off the lid and let the rice cool down.
He called Debbie Hanousek, the senior energy official leading the team, and gave her orders to take off for Charleston Air Force Base immediately. Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2
In some of these they deposited their upper jackets, which they usually take off in coming into their huts, as we do a greatcoat; while in smaller ones, like little shelves in a recess, they kept various articles of their Kabloona riches. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
I want to ask my doctor to take off his glasses so that I don't have to be confronted with my own reflection, but at this point the baby's head is crowning and I can feel my body stretching around her skull.
Alternatively, you can eschew the usual headlong rush of the resort and take off into the back country on a pair of snowshoes or touring skis.
The repeal is contained in the annual defense authorization bill, currently before the Senate, and Democratic efforts to beat back a threatened Republican filibuster could prove difficult if the GOP wins races in Delaware, Illinois or West Virginia, states currently represented by Democrats and where laws require new senators to take office immediately. Obama joins gay rights groups to discuss 'don't ask, don't tell'
Turn the neck towards you, and very neatly take off the two sidesmen, and the whole will be done. The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner
I'll take off my clothes in protest of this taxation and get on his back, side-saddle. My Crush on Daniel Ortega
The aircraft would have launched standing upright like a rocket, but instead of using a blast of fire to take off the pilot would have simply adjusted the thrust and pitch of the rotors as with a helicopter.
The Eagles will take offers for the injury-prone ace and a host of others. The Sun
Take off those rose-tinted glasses. Times, Sunday Times
A well radicated habit, in a lively, vegete faculty, is like an apple of gold in a picture of silver; it is perfection upon perfection; it is a coat of mail upon our armour; and, in a word, it is the raising of the soul at least one story higher; for take off but the wheels, and the powers in all their operations will drive but heavily. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I.
It is nearly all meat (take off the tough outer membrane before cooking). Food Watch
Ever since the loss of his father's Korrigane he had been sour and uncommunicative, ready to take offense at the slightest comment. COASTLINERS
He will take office with the US Government already awash in red ink. Times, Sunday Times
Then I take off at a jog across the tilled field, carefully avoiding the search tower spotlights which sweep the area under the beady eye of the armed guards.
I swerved around and checked on my team mates at the helicopter pad, ready to take off as soon as I gave them the signal.
You can also take off those spats and gauntlets.
For launching use the slipway at Falmouth Watersports Centre or take off from the beach at Maenporth or Porthoustock, on the Lizard.
You're positively correct, there is no separation between what I do and who I am; I don't go home in the evening and take off my designer hat.
This morning I removed a silly number of screws to take off the top cover of the case, and the used carpenter's Goop wood case to resecure the end-plate. Phasmatodea#7@Nightlight AAR
It was barreling so hard that it was impossible to take off from the bowl.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never selfish, not quick to take offense.
The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
Brooks took photographs of beautiful waffles in exotic locales - many with big, bountiful "compartments" - his business would take off and go mainstream. SPORTSbyBROOKS
The standard rating cycle for the lift generation system needs to generate at approximately 25% above maximum allowable loaded take off weights.
K. WALDEN: He is what we call a runner, and when given the opportunity he will take off. CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2006
The plane will take off in a minute.
They had tried to take official hypocrisy about democracy at face value. Times, Sunday Times
I don't want my home town's momentum of growth to be put out like this before it gets a chance to take off,'' wrote one person who was able to file a posting under the name Han Xiao. News - latimes.com
She knelt down before her as soon as she saw her seat herself to take off her muddy boots. Emily Fox-Seton
Take off the heat and cover with a lid. Times, Sunday Times
It was at this point things began to take off. The Sun
I am in my contrivances and pretences to blind my gaoleress, and to take off the jealousy of her principals on my going down so often into the garden and poultry-yard. Clarissa Harlowe
Some think it's fun to whizz over the speed hump and see how fast they can take off.
He says the quadcopters, which measure less than a foot in diameter, take off from autonomous ocean vehicles, which serve as miniature aircraft carriers.
Joining the Giants helped resurrect Collins' career, but Wheatley's didn't take off until the Giants jettisoned him.
Then I take off at a jog across the tilled field, carefully avoiding the search tower spotlights which sweep the area under the beady eye of the armed guards.
The standard rating cycle for the lift generation system needs to generate at approximately 25% above maximum allowable loaded take off weights.
Take off your shoes so you don't mark the floor.
Harry's fledgling business started to take off when newsagents asked him to deliver the papers along with the contents bills.
But from the darkness of the minds of men and their unmortified affections (as the best know but in part, nor are they perfectly sanctified) it is that they are apt to take offence one at another, and thereon to judge and censure each other temerariously; and, which is worst of all, every one to make his own understanding and persuasion thereon the rule of truth and worship unto others. A Discourse concerning Evangelical Love, Church Peace, and Unity
What if there's a student that might be the next George Lucas, but right now he's so unmotivated by school and his environment is so hectic, that he doesn't have the grades to make it into our program even though he could take off as a filmmaker?
Before gold, even kings take off their hats.
Remove the hot pot from the oven, take off the lid and carefully baste some of the juices over the potatoes and season with a little salt and pepper.
Please don't take offence, but I would prefer you not to swear in front of the children.
But the long-term effect is that the economy at home will take off like a rocket in mid-1993.
When the passengers take off from Westray they can see the windsock on the runway a mile and a half away on Papa Westray.
There's a slight ocean breeze blowing to the west creating a headwind, but at least take off will be easier.
Directors continue to hold office until the shareholders elect their successors and the latter take office.
American analysts basically think that SMS messaging will not take off there because they see it as a feeble, unsophisticated little technology and think they can see better alternatives.
He set the bowl on the stairfoot mat, and sat himself on a chair by the wall, to take off his leggings and boots. Lady Chatterley's Lover
Then he would take off the customary toga praetexta of a Roman boy and put on him the toga virilis, the coat of manhood. THE NAMES OF JESUS
You don't take off in a charabanc at 5.30 am on a Sunday lightly.
But, it has to be said that the younger web users can, at times, be a little impetuous and testy, too ready to either take offence, offend or flame.
The liquid quickly soaked his grey socks and he stepped out of the fuming puddle in no time, fumbling to take off the wet articles of clothing.
We'll take off from Albuquerque, and the object is to fly the farthest distance.
He offered cash for time on a flight simulator, learning how to handle a jumbo jet, but did not want to learn how to take off and land.
After lunch he has to take off his beanie hat and pose for the Times photographer. Times, Sunday Times
I suggest she take off her rose-coloured glasses, and perhaps she would see people in a different light.
While the turtle is stewing, carefully scald the head, the callipee, and all that is soft of the callipash, attentively observing to take off the smallest skin that may remain; put them with the gut into a large pot of water to boil till tender; when so, take them out and cut them in squares, putting them in A Poetical Cook-Book
He will take office with the US Government already awash in red ink. Times, Sunday Times
The project has been launched but it cannot take off without clearing the hurdles.
They take off from a standing start and quickly leg into maximum velocity.
Because of their lightness they don't need an airfield to take off or land and in their early days they had an unenviable safety record. Times, Sunday Times
Berlanjut terus hingga kusampai di lhokseumawe untuk menjalankan beberapa tugas lalu 2 hari setelahnya ku mulai second step of journey menuju medan untuk take off melalui polonia, Medan. Komunitas Blogger Muslim
I really don't give a toss if CNN prints this or not; the moderation of these comments isn't nearly as strict as some of you seem to think it is anyway – they print what best advances the conversation at hand, even if it is unfounded blather from the masses, so just take off your tinfoil hats and get on with your lives, please. Obama, Medvedev reach 'substantial' deal on Afghanistan
I saw him take off his anorak and sling it into the back seat.
Normally when you clean a painting, you take off the smoky, dirty, orange and brown layers and the yellowed damar varnish, and the painting gets more of a pure blue look. Daybreak Blues
Tashie had made everyone take off their shoes and promise not to talk or even whisper.
In the thirties, air travel really began to take off.
It is true that he spoke of premiers and peers with contempt; that he hesitated to take off his hat in the theatre, to the air of "God save the king;" that he refused to drink the health of Pitt, saying he preferred that of Washington -- a far greater man; that he wrote bitter words against that combination of princes, who desired to put down freedom in France; that he said the titled spurred and the wealthy switched England and Scotland like two hack-horses; and that all the high places of the land, instead of being filled by genius and talent, were occupied, as were the high-places of Israel, with idols of wood or of stone. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
Under the current system planes land on one runway and take off from the other. Times, Sunday Times
Unconsciously, her hands worked to take off her small pearl earrings as she entered her room and closed the door behind her.
Who knows if hoop skirts and tops are going to take off next summer? Times, Sunday Times
When done take off the paper, bacon, etc., and serve with sauce a la ravigotte. Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc.
After my challenging workout we take off to The Boulevard for a scrummy lunch.
Twenty Spitfires will take off from the historic airfield, flying in mass formation. Times, Sunday Times
We all want to keep muddy footmarks out of the house - so why is it so hard to ask visitors to take off their shoes?
It can take off from a relatively small runway and cruise at the leisurely pace of a car.
A glider is ready to take off from Argentina in a flight designed to surf mountain air currents to the edge of space. Times, Sunday Times
Ensure you take off the excess powder from the brush before applying, this gives a soft natural colouring. The Sun
Compare frames, axles, transmissions, efficiency from power take off to attachments and interchangeability of attachments.
On his second operational flight in a Sopwith Pup, he stalled just after take off at Dunkirk and crashed the aircraft, breaking his leg and gashing his head.
The team plays an important role in ensuring the balloon is prepared and filled to suit the timing of the launch and to ensure the envelope is ready for take off.
Count on the outside of the wrapper until you reach the appropriate line, take a knife and gently press on that line, making an indention, but do not pierce through the wrapper just make it so when you take off the wrapper you will see the line. And so I begin… at
On an average day, ten light planes take off from the airport loaded with khat, locally known as miraa. ANC Daily News Briefing
Who knows if hoop skirts and tops are going to take off next summer? Times, Sunday Times
Vologsky might as well try to take off and escape in a hot air balloon.
The lightly seasoned pilots would take off from the station's criss-cross runways.
Bolter pattern refers to situations when an aircraft comes into land, is all lined up, and misses all four wires with the arrestor hook; then the aircraft has to take off immediately, go around, and try again.
The room is stuffy so I take off my jacket and place it on my chair.
Projects you care about take off and no one can undermine your confidence. The Sun
Work plans take off as you discover that enthusiasm and dedication count for just as much as formal qualifications. The Sun
We waited by the hedge-side for several minutes – Mr. Charles ceased his urging, half in dudgeon, save that he was too pleasant a man really to take offence at anything. John Halifax, Gentleman
Whenever there is a free weekend, day that I don't have to be up early in the morning, I take off to my debris hut in the woods of the outskirt of the town. Best survival shelter?
It was so narrow that the Friendship could take off only on a southwest course, going down its length.
I dread to think, for instance, how many points Glasgow would take off Glasgow Hawks, and in fact I think that each year the top club should get to take on the bottom pro team.
That mobile phone companies should find themselves weakened just as the sector was about take off makes many afraid for its future stability.
One suspects there isn't a problem in America, no matter how knotty or profound, that Gladwell can't imagine some nifty solution to, if only we'd take off the blinders of ideology and put on the glasses of science and observation.
Take off that jacket - you're dripping wet .
Once my mother asked me if I would mind spending the weekend helping my memaw around her house as her live-in nurse had to take off for the weekend for personal reasons.
Untie the lace and take off your shoe.
The reason given was that the Rarotonga Airport runway was not long enough for the aircraft to take off with a full load, making the service economically unviable.
In Scarborough, the Mayor elect, who was due to take office, was defeated.
Last week was one when some basked in spring sunshine and bared arms whereas others were reluctant to take off gloves and scarves. Times, Sunday Times
They may not take offense at the men's do-rags and throwback baseball caps cocked to the side, but some of the women's tight jeans and skirts would certainly provoke ire.
Take off the heat and add horseradish and mustard. Times, Sunday Times
His career did not take off until the early 1960s, when he turned to sculpture and became one of the leading exponents of minimal art.
The navy's version will be able to take off from sea carriers for air-to-sea combat. India Soon To Fly First Fighter Jet
He saturated a rag with sendal oil and used it to take off his Exile's Valor
The teapot lid doesnt' take off easily.
Crowds regularly flocked to the base to see the aircraft take off on one of its many test flights.
Where existing infrastructure is inadequate or nonexistent, new alternatives tend to take off faster.
But serial pledges to take off'next year' have gone unfulfilled. The Sun
As each trunk came down we snedded it, using the chainsaw to take off the lateral branches.
That said, he will not be using the equipment the average player can take off the shelves. Times, Sunday Times
He has long loved and cheered me; but you, madam, who have never forgiven me the least fault, or praised any good act I may have done, though you knew by experience that it was not my wont to talk of love and mundane vanities, and that I lived a more religious life than any other of your servants, you have not hesitated from the first to take offence at my speaking to a gentleman as unfortunate as myself, and in whose friendship I sought nothing else than consolation of mind. The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre
Lees landed on the runway at Coventry as two private aircraft, one bound for the United States and the other for Italy, were preparing to take off.
She could hardly wait to get home, take off her clothes and twist her hair off her neck.
I take offense with the word confession cause Amanda never says that she participated in the murder of her friend ... she never confesses to being part of that crime, ever," said Mellas. Breaking News: CBS News
It was silly of Grace to take offence at our innocent remarks.
Common sense may not sound exciting but helps home plans take off. The Sun
During take off, the computer will relay his ground speed, airspeed and height from the runway.
Your mind is clear and people really hear what you say as work plans take off. The Sun
Samantha Womack, who exited EastEnders after its contentious baby-snatching storyline, is larky in voice and sparky in demeanour but and this can't have been due to her broken toe has a disconcerting habit of swinging her arms up and down as if trying to take off. One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs – review
The couple sat in air crew jump seats at different ends of the plane for take off. The Sun
Bent on making it a grand event, outshining such contests held in the previous years in the city, the event is expected to take off in a big way.
Instant messaging is well established on desktop and laptop computers, but has yet to take off on mobile phones. Times, Sunday Times
Right when the thing started to take off, I ran over something with the right front, going through the dogleg.
Not only teenagers and college students can be counted among the 'technologically inclined,' which means that trends are much more prone to take off in older age segments than they used to. Twitter traffic surging
The Arab world is about to take off.
I saw him take off his anorak and sling it into the back seat.
My dad would get the report from our mother, make his way into our room, take off his belt, and deliver the requisite number of cracks.
The pair fell off the edge of the Aiguille du Midi, near Chamonix, Switzerland, as they tried to take off in a double-harnessed parapente, a large parachute like a hang-glider.
I take off my hat to his courage.
take off your shirt--it's very hot in here
Sensitive hairs on their bodies send data directly to the wings, so these flies can take off the instant motion is detected.
For I know that the capo di tutti capi skims his take off the top first. Michele Somerville: Church Collection: Should Conscientious Catholics Stop Giving?
The earache is back, and it sounds for all the world as if a Chinook is trying (unsuccessfully) to take off in my head. Some Kind Of Update « The Graveyard
I really didn't expect to be asked to take off my shirt and trousers and put on a robe. Times, Sunday Times
Even bedrooms are being tiled, though usually with radiant floor heat to take off the chill in winter, but more often with hardwood or engineered wood and area rugs.
Nina's unstable, domineering mother Barbara Hershey, a former dancer who never made it beyond the corps, wavers between overbearing concern, vicarious arousal, and MÃ¼nchausen syndrome by proxy; even she seems to want to get into the sick S&M game, demanding a little too lustfully to Nina, "Take off your shirt!" so that she can inspect her daughter for self-inflicted wounds. Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet?
Please don't take offense. I only wanted to tell you what I think.
A well radicated habit, in a lively, vegete faculty, is like an apple of gold in a picture of silver; it is perfection upon perfection, it is a coat of mail upon our armour, and, in a word, it is the raising the soul at least one story higher: for take off but these wheels, and the powers in all their operations will drive but heavily. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III.
He'd then take off his wrist watch and put it where he could see it as he talked.
Gotta have a course in improvised weapons: When the Secret Service hold the only nearby guns and you just HAVE to take off your philandering Old Man's head, how to hurl the nearest lamp with devastating accuracy ... Home on the Range?

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