Take-off
Hi
I have just learnt that "take-off" sometimes means imitate someone for fun.
I am not quite sure the logic of that expression, take-off normally means start flying or suddenly leave, how it can be related to imitate?
can someone please help me to understand it?
many thanks
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Emma Zhu I have just learnt that "take-off" sometimes means " imitate someone for fun " . As long as you understand that, there's no need to look for a connection to another meaning of the phrase. Nobody said English was logical.
- Emma Zhu I have just learnt that "take-off" sometimes means " imitate someone for fun " .
- As long as you understand that, there's no need to look for a connection to another meaning of the phrase.
- Nobody said English was logical.
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Emma ZhuI have just learnt that "take-off" sometimes means "imitate someone for fun".
As long as you understand that, there's no need to look for a connection to another meaning of the phrase.
Nobody said English was logical.
0Emma ZhuI have just learnt that "take-off" sometimes means imitate someone for fun.
The verb is "take off". There is a corresponding noun "take-off" or "takeoff" referring to the action of doing this.
Emma ZhuI am not quite sure the logic of that expression, take-off normally means start flying or suddenly leave, how it can be re
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