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lift⋅off

[lift-awf, -of]
–noun
1. Aeronautics, Rocketry.
a. the action of an aircraft in becoming airborne or of a rocket in rising from its launching site under its own power.
b. the instant when such action occurs.
2. Informal. the launching or commencement of a project, plan, etc.: The liftoff of the sales campaign will be next month.
–adjective
3. that removes by lifting off; capable of being lifted off: a liftoff correction tape for typewriters; magnetized, liftoff nameplates.
Also, lift-off.


Origin:
1955–60; n., adj. use of v. phrase lift off
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lift·off   (lĭft'ôf', -ŏf')   
n.  The initial movement by which or the instant in which a rocket or other such craft commences flight.
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