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The French word for take off is
décoller





take off

French Definition


take off
     1. v. Enlever (un vêtement, un couvercle, un objet ou un matériau qui se trouve sur autre chose).
           I watched as he took his shirt off.
           Je regardai quand il enleva sa chemise.
           James, will you please take the lid off this jar? It's screwed on too tight for me.
           James, veux-tu bien enlever le couvercle de ce bocal ? Il est vissé trop fort pour moi.
           I was finally able to take the stains off using acetone.
           J'ai finalement réussi à enlever les taches en utilisant de l'acétone.
           She took the vase off the table and set it on the mantelpiece.
           Elle enleva le vase de la table et le mit sur le manteau de la cheminée.
     2. v. (Aéro) Décoller.
           The helicopter will take off at 0800 hours.
           L'hélicoptère décollera à 8 heures.
     3. v. (Familier) Partir.
           Hey Mark, I'm going to take off now. See you on Saturday, OK?
           Hé Mark, je pars maintenant. On se voit samedi, d'accord ?
     4. v. (Intrans) Rencontrer du succès, être florissant.
           I'm happy your business has taken off.
           Je suis heureux que tes affaires rencontrent du succès.

Translations for take off and their definitions

enlever
     1. v. to remove, take off, take away, clear
     2. v. to take off, remove (clothes)
           Elle enleva ses lunettes et j'aperçus sa beauté. - She took off her glasses and I glimpsed her beauty.
     3. v. to kidnap, abduct
     4. v. to win, capture, carry off
     5. v. to come out, wash off


décoller ©
     1. v. to take off (i.e. a plane)
     2. v. unstick
           Cela m'a pris beaucoup de temps de décoller toutes les affiches. - It took me a long time to unstick all the posters.
     3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to come undone, come unstuck


ôter
     1. v. to take away, remove
     2. v. to take off, remove (clothes, etc.)
     3. v. to remove, cut (text etc.); to take away (in arithmetic)
     4. v. to take (something) away from someone; to deprive
     5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to move oneself, get out of the way


prendre son vol


prendre son essor
     1. v. to take flight, to fly off
     2. v. (figuratively) to take off, to soar up, to flourish, to blossom


s'arracher


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