take off

take off
take off
1) (leave the ground) [plane] decollare
2) fig. [idea, fashion] prendere piede; [product] decollare; [sales] impennarsi
3) colloq. (leave hurriedly) filare (via), tagliare la corda; take [sth.] off
4) (deduct)

to take Ј 5 off (the price) — ridurre il prezzo di 5 sterline

5) (have as holiday)

to take two days off — prendere due giorni di vacanza

I'm taking next week off — la prossima settimana me la prendo di vacanza take [sth.] off, take off [sth.]

6) (remove) togliersi, sfilarsi [clothing, shoes]; togliere [lid, hands]; togliere dal menu [dish]; sopprimere [train]

to take sth. off the market — ritirare qcs. dal mercato

7) (amputate) amputare, tagliare [limb]
8) (withdraw) annullare [show, play]; take [sb.] off, take off [sb.]
9) colloq. (imitate) fare il verso a [person]
10) (remove)

to take sb. off the case — [police] togliere il caso a qcn.

to take oneself off — partire (to per), andarsene (to a)

* * *
1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) togliere
2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) decollare
3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) assentarsi
4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) imitare
* * *
1. vi + adv
(plane, passengers) decollare, (high jumper) spiccare un salto

the plane took off twenty minutes late — l'aereo ha decollato con venti minuti di ritardo

2. vt + adv
1) (remove: clothes) togliere or togliersi, (price tag, lid, item from menu) togliere, (leg, limb) amputare, (cancel: train) sopprimere

take your coat off — levati il cappotto

2)

(deduct: from bill, price) she took 50p off — ha fatto 50 penny di sconto

3) (lead away: person, object) portare

she was taken off to the hospital — è stata portata all'ospedale

to take o.s. off — andarsene

4) (imitate) imitare
3. vt + prep
1) (remove: clothes, price tag, lid) togliere da, (item from menu) cancellare da, (cancel: train) togliere da

to take sb off sth — (remove from duty, job) allontanare qn da qc

they took him off the Financial Page — (journalist) gli hanno tolto la pagina economica

2)

(deduct: from bill, price) he took 5% off the price for me — mi ha fatto uno sconto del 5% sul prezzo

* * *
take off
1) (leave the ground) [plane] decollare
2) fig. [idea, fashion] prendere piede; [product] decollare; [sales] impennarsi
3) colloq. (leave hurriedly) filare (via), tagliare la corda; take [sth.] off
4) (deduct)

to take Ј 5 off (the price) — ridurre il prezzo di 5 sterline

5) (have as holiday)

to take two days off — prendere due giorni di vacanza

I'm taking next week off — la prossima settimana me la prendo di vacanza take [sth.] off, take off [sth.]

6) (remove) togliersi, sfilarsi [clothing, shoes]; togliere [lid, hands]; togliere dal menu [dish]; sopprimere [train]

to take sth. off the market — ritirare qcs. dal mercato

7) (amputate) amputare, tagliare [limb]
8) (withdraw) annullare [show, play]; take [sb.] off, take off [sb.]
9) colloq. (imitate) fare il verso a [person]
10) (remove)

to take sb. off the case — [police] togliere il caso a qcn.

to take oneself off — partire (to per), andarsene (to a)


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