take off

ausziehen, abnehmen

Etwas vom Körper oder von einer Oberfläche entfernen, etwa Kleidung oder eine Abdeckung.

In einfachem Englisch: You remove something from your body or from a surface.

• Take off your hat.
• She took her glasses off to clean them.
• Can you take the cover off the chair?

So benutzt man es: take off something / take something off (Take your wet jacket off.)

Synonyme: remove

Gegenteile: put on

Häufige Wendungen: take off shoes, take off a coat, take something off

abheben, starten

Als Flugzeug oder Vogel den Boden verlassen und anfangen zu fliegen.

In einfachem Englisch: An aircraft or bird leaves the ground and starts flying.

• The plane is taking off.
• A duck took off from the pond.
• What time does our flight take off?

So benutzt man es: take off from somewhere (The helicopter took off from the roof.)

Synonyme: lift off

Gegenteile: land

Häufige Wendungen: take off safely, take off from somewhere, take off on time

durchstarten, erfolgreich werden

Anfangen, sehr erfolgreich oder beliebt zu werden, oft schnell.

In einfachem Englisch: Something starts to become very successful or popular, often quickly.

• Her business is taking off.
• His career took off after his first film.
• Do you think this new idea will take off?

Synonyme: flourish, boom, catch on

Gegenteile: fail

Häufige Wendungen: take off quickly, really take off, take off worldwide

weggehen, aufbrechen

Den Ort verlassen, an dem man gerade ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To leave the place where you are.

• I need to take off now.
• She took off before lunch.
• Are you taking off already?

Synonyme: leave, head off

Häufige Wendungen: take off early, take off now

auf dem Surfbrett aufstehen

Auf dem Surfbrett aufstehen und anfangen, auf einer brechenden Welle zu surfen.

In einfachem Englisch: A surfer stands on the board and starts riding a wave as it breaks.

• The surfer took off smoothly.
• He fell just as he was taking off on the wave.
• Try to take off before the wave becomes too steep.

So benutzt man es: take off on a wave (She took off on the first wave she caught.)

Synonyme: start riding a wave

Häufige Wendungen: take off smoothly, take off too late, take off on waves

Mengen ermitteln

Anhand von Bauplänen berechnen, wie viel Material für ein Bauvorhaben benötigt wird.

In einfachem Englisch: To use building plans to calculate how much material a construction job needs.

• We need to take off the concrete quantities.
• The estimator took off the materials from the plans.
• Have you taken off the steel for this project?

So benutzt man es: take off something (We must take off the steel quantities before ordering.)

Synonyme: quantify, measure

Häufige Wendungen: take off quantities, take off materials