take off

(verb): To remove.
(verb): To imitate, often in a satirical manner.
(verb): (of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
(verb): To become successful, to flourish.
(verb): To depart.
(verb): To quantify.
(verb): To absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.
(verb): To take drugs; to inject drugs.
(verb): To steal (something) or rob (someone).
(verb): To swallow.
(noun): The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
(noun): A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
(noun): A quantification, especially of building materials.
(noun): The removal of sheets from the press.
(noun): The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.