When an aircraft or rocket lifts off, it leaves the ground and rises into the air.
The plane lifted off and climbed steeply into the sky.
= take off
PHRASAL VERB: V P
When an aircraft or rocket lifts off, it leaves the ground and rises into the air.
The plane lifted off and climbed steeply into the sky.
= take off
PHRASAL VERB: V P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012