TAKEN OFF Synonyms: 215 Similar and Opposite Words

taken off

verb

past participle of take off

as in moved

to leave a place often for another I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again

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as in removed

to rid oneself of (a garment) take off your coat and stay awhile

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as in deducted

to take away (an amount or number) from a total the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon

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as in stolen (from)

slang to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint

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Recent Examples of taken off Even the current Republican governor of Ohio has said the ad should be taken off the air. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Chenal was put on a spine board and taken off the field on a cart after hurting his neck. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed of Michigan spent $58,065 so far on his campaign’s private security while advocating police be taken off the response to some 911 calls, spending records show. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026 While Microsoft maintains a dominant position in business software through Office, its flagship work AI product hasn’t taken off. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 But points must be taken off for thinking a lesbian nun would only have gotten laid as a layperson. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 Brown immediately left the game and had to be taken off the sidelines in an injury cart. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 Christos Tzolis has had an impressive start to life at Arsenal, but struggled to grow into that game, and was taken off at half-time. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Headlines from the early 2020s were filled with Teslas burning in garages and Chevy Bolts taken off the road due to flammable batteries. — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

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Deloitte found only 25% of organizations have moved 40% or more of their AI pilots into production.

— Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.

— Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of moved

Verb

And immigration courts, which ultimately decide whether someone can be removed from the country, face more significant case backlogs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Acton has said that her stepfather repeatedly raped her as a pre-teenage girl and that her family lived in a tent at the time she was removed from their care.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

In general, gambling winnings are taxable as ordinary income, and gambling losses can be deducted only to the extent of winnings.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Participants earned up to five points for sitting and five for rising with points deducted for losing balance or using a hand, knee, forearm or side of the leg for support.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of deducted

Verb

To make matters worse, this isn't the first time the band has been robbed.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked down, beaten, and robbed of her camera equipment by masked settlers in an attack captured on video by other journalists.

— Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbed

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If the deal had gone ahead, Taiwan would have become Grab’s ninth market, and the company’s first outside of Southeast Asia.

— Jay Ganglani, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
With James gone, the keys to the most famous franchise in basketball belong entirely to Doncic.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of gone

Verb

According to Singhal, common signs include procrastination, impatience, feeling overwhelmed, and putting off decisions altogether.

— Kriti Kumar, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
Perez put off college to take over her parents' landscaping business and care for her family in their absence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of put off

Verb

The show lasted for six seasons, with its finale on April 24, 1977, but Saint James had departed early over a contract dispute.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
That would be Anthony Vaccarello, who departed Saint Laurent earlier this month after a decade as creative director.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026