TOOK OFF Synonyms: 210 Similar and Opposite Words

took off

verb

past tense of take off

as in departed

to leave a place often for another I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again

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as in removed

to rid oneself of (a garment) take off your coat and stay awhile

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as in deducted

to take away (an amount or number) from a total the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon

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as in robbed

slang to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint

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Recent Examples of took off Despite its short episode length, the show is designed for streaming services and even TV networks, but not microdrama platforms, having been created before the vertical video craze took off. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Many young people blame AI, which took off after OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Northrop’s Talon Blue strategy During the recent test flight, the aircraft autonomously taxied, took off, performed in-flight manoeuvres, and landed without remote human intervention. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 The clip exploded, T-shirts were made and Sophie's stardom took off like a rocket ship. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Photographer Glenn Silva’s photos and video quickly took off online. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 During a 2021 game with Tampa Bay against the New York Jets, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the field, leading to his release by the Buccaneers and effectively ending his career. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Hours later, the men said Hackett showed up at the store with a baseball bat and took off with a jacket from the store. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Apple started selling out of Mac Minis as OpenClaw, an open-source agentic AI tool, took off in markets such as China. — Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

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Eisner, Diller’s second in command, departed for Disney when he didn’t get promoted, and he was soon followed out the door by another rising young executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Bailey departed Burberry in 2018 and was succeeded as chief creative officer by Riccardo Tisci, formerly the creative director at Givenchy (Marco Gobbetti took over Bailey’s CEO role in 2017).

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of departed

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Under this strategy, a person borrows a set amount from his or her 401(k) account and slowly replenishes the account over time through payments deducted automatically from pay stubs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Also, shipping charges are non-refundable, and a restocking fee of $10 will be deducted from the refund.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of deducted

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But Garrett Mitchell tracked it down, leaped at the wall, and robbed Machado on the warning track.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
What about the impact on other clubs and fans, who were potentially robbed of titles, trophies, money, parades, memories?

— Matt Piper, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbed

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During that time the female lead Rosa Salazar exited, by all accounts a mutual decision, and Fumero came on board.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Éric Vallat, a former cognac executive who joined Lacoste as its chief executive officer last year, has exited the brand.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of exited

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Some of them were put off by élite football’s deliberate lack of culture—staunch apoliticism is easy to sell to Sky Sports—and others had been priced out.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
But don’t be put off by produce that doesn’t look picture-perfect.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of put off

Verb

For example, a family of four with $1,000 in net monthly income would have $300 subtracted from the new $1,023 maximum, leaving the household with $723 in monthly SNAP benefits.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
The amount is subtracted from their taxable estate, and the assets go to the charity — free of the income taxes that would otherwise be paid by the individual who inherits the estate.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of subtracted

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This week, SpaceX moved one step closer to its goal of building its direct-to-device Starlink Mobile service after the FCC approved the aerospace company’s application to deploy and operate 15,000 next-generation Starlink satellites.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
On the day Erica and Peter moved into 150 Charles, their attorney claims, they were greeted with a cluttered and dirty space that didn’t square with the $26,000-a-month rent.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026