Get off
Get off verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning
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With so many Eagles in US service, it was easier to get off a shot at a Soviet satellite when there are dozens of Eagles in the air at any one time, thereby hiding the launch.
Source: Useful Notes / Yanks with Tanks - In The Big Bus, reporters covering the launch of a nuclear-powered bus are asked to board a minibus, driven around in a circle, then asked to get off.
Source: Road Trip Across the Street - Larger birds (such as condors and albatrosses) cannot fly straight up into the air and need a long running start (or elevated launch point) to get off the ground.
Source: Acrophobic Bird
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Launch and Get off. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/get_off/launch
Get off & Launch. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/get_off/launch>.
Launch or Get off. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/get_off/launch.
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