take off
1 (v + adv) AERO leave the ground INTRANSITIVEéirigh in airdethe plane is about to take off tá an t-eitleán ar tí éirí in airdehas it taken off yet? an bhfuil sé san aer go fóill? 2 (v + adv) COMM become successful INTRANSITIVEsales are taking off tá borradh faoin díolachán, tá méadú mór ag teacht ar an díolachánthe product never took off níor éirigh riamh leis an táirgeTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 (v + adv) remove TRANSITIVEbain de PhrV tóg de PhrV ardaigh verb he took the cover off bhain sé an clúdach deshe took off her hat bhain sí di a hatatake your clothes off bain díot do chuid éadaigh 4 (v + prep) COMM withdraw from sale TRANSITIVEbain de PhrV the house was taken off the market baineadh an teach den mhargadhthe product was taken off the shelves baineadh an táirge de na seilfeanna 5 (v + adv) cut off TRANSITIVEbain de PhrV gearr anuas PhrV scoith verb it almost took my finger off! dóbair nár bhain sé an mhéar díom! 6 (v + prep) cancel TRANSITIVEhis programme was taken off the air baineadh a chlár den aer, cuireadh deireadh lena chlár 7 (v + prep) withdraw sb TRANSITIVEbain de PhrV tóg de PhrV she took me off the project thóg sí den tionscadal mé, tharraing sí siar ón tionscadal méhe was taken off the life support machine baineadh den mheaisín tacaíochta beatha éI was taken off after 10 minutes baineadh den pháirc mé tar éis 10 nóiméad 8 (v + adv, v + prep) leave, holiday TRANSITIVEI'd like to take a day off ba mhaith liom lá saor a ghlacadhI took a week off work thóg mé seachtain saor ón obair 9 (v + prep) deduct TRANSITIVEbain de PhrV take 10% off the price bain 10% den phraghas, ísligh an praghas 10%it'll take years off your life bainfidh sé na blianta de do shaol, giorróidh sé do shaolthe haircut takes years off you baineann an bearradh gruaige blianta díot, cuireann an bearradh gruaige cuma na hóige arís ort 10 (v + prep) informal remove from sb TRANSITIVEbain de PhrV tóg ó PhrV beir ó PhrV I took his money off him bhain mé a chuid airgid de, thóg mé a chuid airgid uaidhhe took the gun off me rug sé an gunna uaim 11 (v + adv) leave in a hurry INTRANSITIVEimigh verb bailigh leat PhrV he took off straight after dinner d'imigh sé leis díreach tar éis an dinnéir, thug sé do na boinn é díreach tar éis an dinnéir 12 (v + adv) informal imitate TRANSITIVEaithris a dhéanamh ar he took off the headmaster rinne sé aithris ar an bpríomhoide 13 (v + adv) transport sb away TRANSITIVEtabhair verb she was taken off to hospital tugadh chun an ospidéil íhe was taken off to jail tugadh chun an phríosúin é → féach take