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lift off
lift off
lift off
[for a plane or rocket] to move upward, leaving the ground.
The rocket lifted off exactly on time.
See also:
lift
,
off
lift
something
off
(of)
someone or something
and
lift
something
off
to raise something and uncover or release someone or something.
(Of is
usually retained before pronouns.)
Lift the beam off of him and see if he is still breathing.
Please lift off the heavy lid.
See also:
lift
,
off
lift off
Begin flight, as in
The spacecraft was due to lift off at ten o'clock
. The
off
in this idiom means "off the ground." [Late 1800s]
See also:
lift
,
off
lift off
v.
1.
To pick something up from some surface:
I lifted the lid off the pan to let the heat escape. I unfastened the tarp and lifted it off from the tent.
2.
To leave the ground and begin flight:
The spacecraft will lift off at noon.
See also:
lift
,
off
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
RÁHel
-
Hungarian
Ifan
-
Welsh
BoŻYdar
baw-ZHI-dahr
Polish
TerÉZia
TE-ray-zee-aw
(Hungarian)
Hungarian, Slovak
Gerda (1)
GER-dah
(German)
, KHER-dah
(Dutch)
German, Dutch
JarosŁAwa
yah-raw-SWAH-vah
Polish
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