The Collaborative International Dictionary
Taking-off
Taking-off \Tak"ing-off`\, n.
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Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
The deep damnation of his taking-off.
--Shak. (Print.) The removal of sheets from the press. [Eng.]
Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation.
Usage examples of "taking-off".
I need someone and he fills the bill because his taking-off will cause a stir, especially in the way I have managed it, without in any serious way depriving the world of a useful human creature.