Antonyms for taking off
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : teyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : teɪk |
Definition of taking off
Origin :- 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.
- verb leave; leave the ground
- verb mock, satirize
Synonyms for taking off
- ape
- ascend
- bear
- beat it
- become airborne
- begone
- blast off
- blow
- burlesque
- caricature
- clear out
- decamp
- depart
- disappear
- exit
- get off
- get out
- go
- go away
- head
- hightail
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- imitate
- lampoon
- lift off
- light out
- make
- mimic
- parody
- pull out
- quit
- ridicule
- scram
- send up
- set out
- shove off
- soar
- split
- spoof
- take to the air
- travesty
- vamoose
- withdraw
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