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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Take off

Hi there,

Below is a sentence I encountered while browsing some forum threads the other day:

"Where do the trams take off?" (*)

I am aware that the phrasal verb "take off" is applicable to planes, copters, UFO's, birds, ets... :-)

Looks like the verb "take off" is more tricky than I thought?

Where is the boundary between "normal usage" and slang. Or maybe (*) is no slangy at all?

Thank you!

vlivef


  

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Hello vlivef, One of the meanings of "take off" is "to leave or move very quickly". Here, it doesn't mean to rise into the air from the ground". com/take+off Best wishes, Joseph

— Joseph A

  • Hello vlivef, One of the meanings of "take off" is "to leave or move very quickly".
  • Here, it doesn't mean to rise into the air from the ground".
  • com/take+off Best wishes, Joseph
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Hello vlivef,

One of the meanings of "take off" is "to leave or move very quickly". Here, it doesn't mean to rise into the air from the ground".

Please look at entry #7 in the link below:

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+off

Best wishes,

Joseph

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No American I know would say that. We ask where the trams leave from.

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