- take off
- take off1) (leave the ground) [plane] decollare2) fig. [idea, fashion] prendere piede; [product] decollare; [sales] impennarsi3) colloq. (leave hurriedly) filare (via), tagliare la corda; take [sth.] off4) (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.) togliere2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) decollare3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) assentarsi4) (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 saltothe plane took off twenty minutes late — l'aereo ha decollato con venti minuti di ritardo
2. vt + adv1) (remove: clothes) togliere or togliersi, (price tag, lid, item from menu) togliere, (leg, limb) amputare, (cancel: train) sopprimeretake your coat off — levati il cappotto
2)(deduct: from bill, price)
she took 50p off — ha fatto 50 penny di sconto3) (lead away: person, object) portareshe was taken off to the hospital — è stata portata all'ospedale
to take o.s. off — andarsene
4) (imitate) imitare3. vt + prep1) (remove: clothes, price tag, lid) togliere da, (item from menu) cancellare da, (cancel: train) togliere dato 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 off1) (leave the ground) [plane] decollare2) fig. [idea, fashion] prendere piede; [product] decollare; [sales] impennarsi3) colloq. (leave hurriedly) filare (via), tagliare la corda; take [sth.] off4) (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)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.