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- verb transitive To
remove . - verb transitive To
imitate , often in asatirical manner. - verb intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft To leave the ground and begin flight; to
ascend into the air. - verb intransitive To become
successful , toflourish . - verb intransitive To
depart . - verb transitive To
quantify . - verb transitive to absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.
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synonyms (271)
Words with the same meaning
- abate
- abscind
- absquatulate
- act
- act a part
- act as
- act out
- advance
- allow
- ameliorate
- amend
- amputate
- annihilate
- ape
- aspire
- ban
- bar
- bate
- bear
- become airborne
- begin
- begone
- bereave of life
- blast away
- blast off
- bloom
- blossom
- bob
- burlesque
- carry away
- carry off
- cast off
- charge off
- chloroform
- claw skyward
- clear
- clear out
- clip
- come along
- come on
- commence
- copy
- copycat
- crop
- cull
- cut
- cut away
- cut down
- cut off
- cut out
- cut short
- decamp
- deduct
- depart
- depreciate
- deprive of life
- destroy
- detach
- develop
- discount
- disengage
- dispatch
- dispose of
- dive in
- do
- do away with
- do for
- do to death
- dock
- doff
- dog it
- douse
- down
- draw back
- drop
- eliminate
- enact
- end
- enucleate
- eradicate
- except
- excise
- exclude
- execute
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fall to
- finish
- finish off
- float
- flourish
- fly
- fly aloft
- free
- gain
- gain altitude
- gain ground
- get ahead
- get along
- get rid of
- get to
- go ahead
- go forward
- graduate
- grow
- grow better
- hang
- head
- head into
- hightail
- hit off
- hit off on
- hover
- imitate
- immolate
- impersonate
- improve
- isolate
- jump off
- kick back
- kick off
- kill
- kite
- knock off
- lam
- launch into eternity
- lay low
- leave the ground
- liberate
- light out
- liquidate
- look up
- loose
- loosen
- lop
- lynch
- make
- make allowance
- make away with
- make headway
- make off
- make progress
- make strides
- martyr
- martyrize
- masquerade as
- meliorate
- mend
- mime
- mimic
- mock
- mutilate
- nip
- pantomime
- pare
- parody
- parrot
- pass for
- peel
- perform
- perk up
- personate
- pick out
- pick up
- pitch in
- plane
- play
- play a part
- plunge into
- poise
- poison
- pose as
- powder
- pretend to be
- progress
- prune
- purge
- put away
- put down
- put off
- put paid to
- put to death
- put to sleep
- rebate
- reduce
- refund
- release
- remove
- remove from life
- root out
- rotate
- rule out
- sacrifice
- scrag
- scram
- send off
- set about
- set apart
- set aside
- set in
- set out
- set sail
- set to
- shape up
- shave
- shear
- show improvement
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- skyrocket
- slaughter
- slay
- slip out of
- soar
- spire
- split
- stamp out
- start
- start in
- start off
- start out
- starve
- step out of
- strike
- strike off
- strip
- strip off
- subtract
- take
- take a powder
- take a premium
- take away
- take life
- take off on
- take out
- taxi
- thrive
- throw off
- to
- travesty
- truncate
- turn to
- unbar
- unbind
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unglue
- unlace
- unlatch
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unloosen
- unstick
- unstrap
- untie
- unwrap
- vamoose
- weigh anchor
- wipe out
- withdraw
- write off
- zoom
dario commented on the word take off
could also be to withdraw and to call.
April 28, 2010