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lift-off adjective & noun. E20.
[from LIFT verb + OFF adverb.]
A. adjective. Removable by lifting. E20.
lift-on, lift-off: see lift-on s.v. LIFT verb.
Country Life The lift off tray is divided into nine crenellated compartments.
b. noun.
A parachutist's method of leaving an aircraft by opening the parachute while standing on a wing, so as to be carried away by the air current. M20.
The vertical take-off of a rocket, helicopter, etc.; the moment at which an aircraft begins to leave the ground; fig. initiation or commencement of activity; getting off the ground (of a project or scheme). M20.
J. A. Morris The launch vehicle exploded soon after lift-off. Daily Telegraph Shell has lift-off with its space promotion.