take off

— Phrasal Verb with take

/teɪk/ verb [T] (past tense took, past participle taken)

Definition

AIRCRAFT › If an aircraft takes off, it begins to fly.

SUCCESSFUL › to suddenly become successful: Her career had just taken off.

LEAVE › to suddenly leave without telling anyone where you are going: He took off in the middle of the night.

(Definition of take off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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