v
(transitive, obsolete) To bring to an end; put a stop to.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) to begin ascent under rocket power
n
Alternative spelling of blastoff [The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft]
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To test (ideas) on someone.
v
(industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
adj
Going by; passing; current.
v
(intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
v
(business, idiomatic) To perform a process; to do some work.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To succeed or begin to succeed.
v
(of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
v
(slang, intransitive) To leave; depart.
v
To pass a set of traffic lights when they are not showing green.
v
(US) To skip to the head of a queue without waiting for one's turn.
v
(film) To abruptly transition to a later moment of the scene.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
v
(transitive) To start a motorcycle.
v
(US, military slang, used by fighter pilots) To take off.
n
Alternative spelling of kick start [A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.]
v
Alternative spelling of kick start [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]
v
(transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
v
Synonym of take off (leave the ground and begin flight).
v
(transitive, figuratively) To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.
adj
(idiomatic) Launched or launching vigorously into a course of action.
v
To alight, especially from public transit or an aircraft.
v
To begin running, driving, travelling, etc., at maximum speed.
v
(transitive, archaic, poetic) To drive out; to repel.
v
To pass over swiftly, as if by post.
v
(idiomatic) To get things done.
v
(transitive) To raise the pitch of (a sound).
v
(intransitive) To leave a room or building with the expectation of returning soon.
n
(slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest.
v
(idiomatic) To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.
v
(transitive, television) To switch (a source) into the main transmission.
v
Alternative form of up the ante [(poker) To raise the stakes of a hand of poker]
v
(idiomatic) To prepare to work.
v
(idiomatic, colloquial) To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry
v
(transitive) To initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.
v
(intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
n
(figuratively) A signal to start or proceed.
v
(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
v
(idiomatic) To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly
v
(intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
n
A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
v
(transitive, informal) To include in a calculation.
n
Alternative form of turn up for the book [(idiomatic) A very unexpected, usually pleasant, surprise.]
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