Approach
Approach verb - To come near or nearer.
Usage example: the parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing!
Take off
Take off verb - To leave a place often for another.
Usage example: I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again
Both terms in one sentence
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Fortunately they're able to approach the weapon on foot and deactivate it, then repair their spacecraft and take off.
Source: The End... Or Is It? - Taking off, you will either have to take off vertically, go up a "ski jump" ramp (most non-US carriers) or be catapulted off the end (the US approach).
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