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Taking Off is a 1971 American comedy film, directed by Miloš Forman. It tells a story of an average couple in the suburbs of New York City, who, when their teenage daughter runs away from home, connect with other parents of vanished children and learn something of youth culture.
The meaning of TAKEOFF is a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket. How to use takeoff in a sentence.
to remove something, especially clothes: He took off his clothes and got into the shower. After the poisoning scare, the product was taken off the shelves /the market (= removed from sale). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to take something somewhere.
Synonyms for TAKING OFF: departing, exiting, moving, running along, going, getting off, pulling out, taking a walk; Antonyms of TAKING OFF: coming, showing up, arriving, remaining, turning up, staying, settling, abiding.
Taking Off (1971) In Czechoslovakian film-maker Milos Forman's first American film - an insightful, charming, witty and comedic satirizing of the adult middle-class, with extremely creative editing; it examined the supposed generation gap from the parents' perspective - and was inspired by the Beatles' song "She's Leaving Home":
to remove something, especially clothes: He took off his clothes and got into the shower. After the poisoning scare, the product was taken off the shelves /the market (= removed from sale). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to take something somewhere.
If you take someone off, you imitate them and the things that they do and say, in such a way that you make other people laugh. [ mainly British ] Mike can take off his father to perfection.
