lift off

Speech parts

1. lift off - Noun

2. lift off - Verb

Meaning

depart from the ground

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

lift-off

Synonyms

start fly rise launch departure jump lift arise blow withdraw climb launching depart ascend soar
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Antonyms

nestle land light ground fall decline
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Hypernyms

start depart set-off part set out take-off

Related terms

lift up

Examples

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion. Swami Vivekananda

So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do. Sally Ride

When a liquid boils, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch that the evaporating molecules are sufficient in number and speed to lift off the air from the surface of the liquid and push it back en masse. William Henry Bragg

I practice transcendental meditation and there is a phase where you're meant to lift off the ground. Heather Graham

It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don't know why. I'm scared. Then suddenly I lift off. Far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. Free. Weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It's a wonderful feeling. Aaliyah

The plane took off two hours late Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lift lockdown lift music lift net lift one's game lift operator lift out