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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Taking-off

· Tak·ing-off · IPA
01 n. Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
  1. 1.
    Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. See: Take
    “The deep damnation of his taking-off.” Shak.
  2. 2.
    The removal of sheets from the press.(Print.) [Eng.]
  3. 3.
    Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation.