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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (v) depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off (leave) "The family took off for Florida"
S: (v) take off (take away or remove) "Take that weight off me!"
S: (v) take off, lift off (depart from the ground) "The plane took off two hours late"
S: (v) take off, take time off (take time off from work; stop working temporarily)
S: (v) take off (mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner) "This song takes off from a famous aria"

S: (v) take off (remove clothes) "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

S: (v) peel off (take off, as with some difficulty) "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"
S: (v) slip off (take off with ease or speed) "She slipped off her jacket"
S: (v) uncloak (remove a cloak from)
S: (v) doff (remove) "He doffed his hat"

S: (v) undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel (get undressed) "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

S: (v) remove, take, take away, withdraw (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"

S: (v) 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"
S: (v) take off (prove fatal) "The disease took off"
S: (v) subtract, deduct, take off (make a subtraction) "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

W: (adj) subtractive [Related to: subtract] (constituting or involving subtraction) "a subtractive correction"
W: (n) subtraction [Related to: subtract] (an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated) "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"
W: (n) subtraction [Related to: subtract] (the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)) "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
W: (n) deduction [Related to: deduct] (the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)) "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"