Значення:
1) знімати, скидати, роздягатися
Синоніми: to shed
Приклад: When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out! (Al McGuire)
As long as our civilization keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can’t take off. (David Mitchell)
2) злітати, відриватися від землі, злітати вгору
Синоніми: to fly up, to soar, to take wing
Приклад: If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what’s going on. The one who stays behind may be prey. (Frans de Waal)
When everything seems to be going against you remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. (Henry Ford)
3) зменшувати, знижувати, зменшувати(ся), припиняти(ся), позбавляти
Синоніми: to diminish, to decrease, to abate, to cease
Приклад: Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. (William Hazlitt)
The flu is very unpredictable when it begins and in how it takes off. (Andrew Davies)
4) стрімко розвиватися, набувати популярність, бути успішним, відчувати бурхливе зростання (популярності, визнання), набирати обертів
Синоніми: to thrive, to make a hit, to come in, to spring into popularity
Приклад: i’ve done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn’t take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn’t take off. (Albert Brooks)
Blended-reality technology could play in a limited, walled-garden world, but history suggests that it won’t really take off until it offers broad freedom of use. (Jamais Cascio)
5) знищувати, позбавляти(ся), скидати (з себе)
Синоніми: to strip away, to shed, to discard
Приклад: If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. (Cesare Pavese)
6) вирушати в дорогу, зриватися з місця, кидатися навтьоки, дати драла
Синоніми: to break away, to flee, to dart off
Приклад: I really enjoy writing novels. It’s like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off. (Denis Johnson)
When I was six years old, my parents put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic. (David Schwimmer)
7) наслідувати, імітувати, копіювати, передражнювати
Синоніми: to imitate, to mimic, to make an impression of smb
Приклад: Yoga is the most boring exercise. Bikram yoga, where they heat up the room to take off India’s climate, is especially stupid. People in India are not skinny because they’re doing yoga in 105-degree rooms; they’re skinny because there’s no food. (Noureen DeWulf)
відрубати, ампутувати, видаляти
Синоніми: to amputate, to remove
Приклад: The turban is an inextricable part of the Sikh identity. Sikhs say you may take off their head but not the turban. (Preneet Kaur)
Перевірте себе: ‘Sex and the City’ took off because
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