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  • noun Alternative form of takeoff.

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Examples

  • One of my favorite movies - well, "Some Like it Hot," obviously - but I think "Operation Petticoat" with Cary Grant, which is even funnier, considering the kind of take-off that Tony Curtis did of Cary Grant in "Some Like it Hot."

    Remembering Hollywood Legend Tony Curtis 2010

  • One of my favorite movies - well, "Some Like it Hot," obviously - but I think "Operation Petticoat" with Cary Grant, which is even funnier, considering the kind of take-off that Tony Curtis did of Cary Grant in "Some Like it Hot."

    Remembering Hollywood Legend Tony Curtis 2010

  • My carry-on sized luggage, which was re-routed to the belly of the plane by an insistent ticket agent prior to take-off, was still partying in Miami and would be on another flight.

    Chie Davis: Kingston Lingerie and Swimwear Fashion Show Chie Davis 2011

  • One of my favorite movies - well, "Some Like it Hot," obviously - but I think "Operation Petticoat" with Cary Grant, which is even funnier, considering the kind of take-off that Tony Curtis did of Cary Grant in "Some Like it Hot."

    Remembering Hollywood Legend Tony Curtis 2010

  • Last year, the government banished visa requirements for non–EU citizens, waived landing and take-off fees for aircraft at airports nationwide and took steps to facilitate foreign investment in a sector that, like so many others, has been afflicted by corruption, cronyism and lack of competitiveness – the very ills that helped bring Greece to its knees.

    Greece: 'Only tourism can save our bankrupt land' 2011

  • My carry-on sized luggage, which was re-routed to the belly of the plane by an insistent ticket agent prior to take-off, was still partying in Miami and would be on another flight.

    Chie Davis: Kingston Lingerie and Swimwear Fashion Show Chie Davis 2011

  • The kid sitting next to the window ignored all the warnings about radio devices and vigorously texted someone since before take-off.

    Arasoi Chuugi Axey Moskevyu 2011

  • The first example, is that of American Airlines flight 191 which crashed in 1979 after an engine fell off the DC-10 during take-off, killing all 271 of the people on board.

    A New Book 2010

  • The Jakarta-bound flight with 136 passengers on board returned to Singapore at 1:57 a.m. local time, just over an hour after take-off, "following a stall warning from the No. 2 engine," Cathay Pacific said in a statement Monday.

    Cathay Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Fire Joanne Chiu 2011

  • If the deal goes through, the number of take-off and landing slots IAG owns will rise to about 53%.

    IAG Strikes Deal for BMI Kaveri Niththyananthan 2011

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