English-Dutch translations for take off

afdoen
afzetten
Ik denk dat het tijd wordt dat we de groene populistische bril afzetten en onszelf bevrijden van de ongegronde angst voor kernreactoren. I think that it is about time we take off the green populist spectacles and free ourselves from the unjustified scare of nuclear reactors.

een vlucht nemen
opstijgen
Deze zijn van groot belang om te kunnen bepalen welke vliegtuigen onder welke omstandigheden kunnen opstijgen. That is very important in order for us to know which aeroplanes can take off and when. U stelt mij gerust, mijnheer de Voorzitter, want aan het geluid te oordelen, dacht ik dat onze vliegende schotel ging opstijgen. That is very reassuring, Mr President. I thought that a flying saucer was just about to take off. Wij weten waar de chartervliegtuigen met zogenaamde sekstoeristen opstijgen en waar ze landen. The charters take off for the so-called sex tourism - we know where they leave from and we know their destination.
opvliegen
uitdoen
uitkrijgen

He took off his shoes
The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.
The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.
The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.
Im going to take off now.
Take off, loser!
Ill take off the concrete and steel for this construction project.
If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa.
He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner.
to take off a glass of wine

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