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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) imitate, copy, simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks) "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

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) 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"

S: (v) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

S: (v) think, cogitate, cerebrate (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"