Talk:take off

Could we have attestations for take off as "satirize". I've heard take off on and the more common noun form takeoff, but not just take off, as


 * * SNL's Weekend Update frequently takes off the president's behavior.

Also, I can't come up with a strong example for begin. I can imagine


 * This company is beginning to take off.

which is clearly a metaphorical extension of the "leave the ground" sense.

-dmh 15:49, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Not just for powered flight--a glider or a skier can "take off", too. RSvK 20:38, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Point. I would have the skiing example as a separate (derived) sense, but a glider taking off is definitely the same sense as for other aircraft. In that definition I was trying to capture the idea that an airplane or rocket can take off, but I didn't think a blimp or hot-air baloon would (what do they do?). -dmh 03:15, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

I would like a definition of what is meant by "a take-off of dimensions" in architecture.

Take off, loser!
Isn't "take off", in this sense, a stereotypical Canadianism? It's rarely used as an expression in the U.S. 4.242.147.237 17:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if that is limited to my cousins Bob & Doug Mckenzie, or all of Canada. I'm also not sure if that would be described as an interjection or as a verb, offhand.  --Connel MacKenzie 18:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

take off = succeed
I've added a recent newspaper quote. I can add more if needed. I think = succeed is not really questionable.Algrif 17:37, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

take off = impersonate / satirize
I know it is used in this way, but I'm blowed if I can find any good quotable support. Mostly I find does a good take-off and similar, using the noun form rather than the straight phrasal verb. I'm going to keep looking though. Algrif 17:39, 23 July 2007 (UTC)