TAKES OFF Synonyms: 201 Similar and Opposite Words

takes off

verb

present tense third-person singular of take off

as in exits

to leave a place often for another I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again

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as in removes

to rid oneself of (a garment) take off your coat and stay awhile

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as in subtracts

to take away (an amount or number) from a total the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon

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as in robs

slang to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint

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Recent Examples of takes off Then Bill Eppridge, the photographer, went up, pointed to me, went into the plane, the door closed, and takes off into the night. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 When a target passes, the drone takes off, pursues the vehicle, and strikes it with its onboard munition. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 When Krem takes off in Kara’s spacecraft, a rusted hulk that’s like an interplanetary RV, and shoots her beloved dog Krypto with a lethal tranquilizer that will result in agonizing death in three days, Kara joins Ruthye on her revenge quest. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026 There is a similar silence after Maggie’s mother takes off. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 The characters are like those in a deck of wild cards designed by Salvador Dalí, but somehow the game Ionesco prepares never takes off here. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 Meet the man whose calculations quietly determine how, and whether, your next flight takes off. — Toni Odejimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026 In the clip, Gelli Haha and her backup dancers twirl around vibrant decor in the sky before the singer hops behind the steering wheel of a huge, fluffy cloud and takes off on a trippy voyage. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026 An aircraft takes off from Beirut Airport as smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike Tuesday. — Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026

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There have been a lot of ins and outs in the transfer market, with the two biggest exits those of Ferran Torres and Robert Lewandowski up front.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Jesse Whittock back with you on the international film and TV news train, as the industry exits its quiet summer period and heads for festival season.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of exits

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Hal clocks it, giving his protégé a long side-eye when the green birdie continues to hover overhead after John removes the ring.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Aug. 2026
The 23-year-old Spaniard is returning after four months out with a wrist injury, but Sinner’s withdrawal removes his biggest rival.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of removes

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Gross margin is the percentage of revenue left after a company subtracts its direct costs, so the higher the margin the better for the company.

— John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
Vitae and Willpower/Health merge into a single resource, Difficulty subtracts dice from a pool rather than raising a target number, and players roll nearly all of the dice at the table.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026

Definition of subtracts

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What happened Imagine an ATM that checks your balance, dispenses the money, then deducts the amount from your account.

— Emin Gün Sirer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
The state’s homestead market-value exclusion program automatically deducts a certain amount of value for the purpose of calculating property taxes.

— Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026

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Trainers then lead participants in a 45-minute full-body workout before the class moves into another room fashioned as a recovery space with art and quiet music.

— Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Interestingly, the researchers also found that the three-dimensional arrangement or atomic orientation of the material could create different ray patterns, giving us more control over how heat moves through the material.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026