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Takeoff   /tˈeɪkˌɔf/   Listen
noun
Take-off, Takeoff  n.  
1.
An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; used with of or on; as, the comedian did a hilarious takeoff on the president.
2.
The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from which a jumper rises in leaping. "The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side."
3.
The beginning of a leap from a surface or a flight into the air, especially the process or event of an airplane leaving the ground and beginning its flight; as, the takeoff of flight CA123 was scheduled for 3:00 PM.





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"Takeoff" Quotes from Famous Books



... total number of established helicopter takeoff and landing sites (which may or may not have fuel or ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... warm and sunny. He and Alice had arrived early at the spaceport to enjoy the holiday excitement preceding the takeoff. It was something they had both dreamed of since they were kids—a vacation in the fabulous domed cities and ruins ...
— The Memory of Mars • Raymond F. Jones
... takeoff. Degree lines from the four stations around Fullerton were crossed on the map long before Solomon reached his back door. By the time bedroom lights were out and covers under his bristly chin, a task force of quiet men was ...
— Solomon's Orbit • William Carroll
... storm down below. It's nice to have a "down below" again. We're going to land, so I have to go to my bunk. It's all foam rubber, nylon braid supports and magnesium tubing. Might as well be cement for all the good it did me at takeoff. ...
— The Dope on Mars • John Michael Sharkey


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