LIFT-OFF

PRONUNCIATION: (LIFT-of)

MEANING: noun:
1. The action of being airborne, such as that of a rocket, aircraft, etc.
2. The launch of a project, an initiative, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse lypta, from lopt (air) + off, stressed variant of the word of. Earliest documented use: 1907.
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LIFT ORFF - to adapt music from The Planets and claim you wrote it

LIFE TOFF - born with a silver spoon, and still rich and elegant

SIFT-OFF - the finals of the Pillsbury Flour contest