| shake off | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. escape from, shake, shake off, throw off | get rid of.; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| v. (contact) | 2. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| ~ exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ abscise | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue. |
| ~ exfoliate | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters. |
| ~ autotomise, autotomize | cause a body part to undergo autotomy. |
| take off | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ lift off, take off | depart from the ground.; "The plane took off two hours late" |
| ~ roar off | leave.; "The car roared off into the fog" |
| ~ blaze out, blaze | move rapidly and as if blazing.; "The spaceship blazed out into space" |
| ~ sally forth, sally out | set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner. |
| v. (change) | 2. take off | take away or remove.; "Take that weight off me!" |
| ~ discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, peel, unclothe | get undressed.; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ declaw | remove the claws from.; "declaw a cat" |
| ~ dehorn | take the horns off (an animal). |
| v. (motion) | 3. lift off, take off | depart from the ground.; "The plane took off two hours late" |
| ~ take off, set forth, set off, start out, depart, part, set out, start | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" |
| v. (social) | 4. take off, take time off | take time off from work; stop working temporarily. |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (creation) | 5. take off | mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner.; "This song takes off from a famous aria" |
| ~ imitate, simulate, copy | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| v. (body) | 6. take off | remove clothes.; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" |
| ~ discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, peel, unclothe | get undressed.; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" |
| ~ peel off | take off, as with some difficulty.; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" |
| ~ slip off | take off with ease or speed.; "She slipped off her jacket" |
| ~ uncloak | remove a cloak from. |
| ~ doff | remove.; "He doffed his hat" |
| v. (motion) | 7. get off the ground, take off | get started or set in motion, used figuratively.; "the project took a long time to get off the ground" |
| ~ get going, start, go | begin or set in motion.; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" |
| v. (contact) | 8. take off | prove fatal.; "The disease took off" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. deduct, subtract, take off | make a subtraction.; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ carry back | deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period. |
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