take off

Example Sentences

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"And then it's usually the fans or individual dance pages that will make something up and it'll really take off."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

“I say resoundingly yes — and it will take off very quickly in 2029.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

“I’m okay to take off, but he doesn’t have that flexibility,” she said.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

“We’re going to take off the gas tax for a period of time, and when gas goes down, we’ll let it phase back in,” he told CBS News.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

When they took a couple of steps, the stars threatened to make Llewelyn take off.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova