Head
Take off
Take off verb - To leave a place often for another.
Both terms in one sentence
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The British used it for their V-bombers (which were bombed up), where you possibly had as little as five minutes before nukes started landing, the instruction being take off and head for the "start line" .
Source: Red Alert -
The Nightmare Before Christmas: And since I am dead, I can take off my head/To recite Shakespearean quotations!
Source: Losing Your Head -
Eventually a nearby guard rushes in to take off his head, after over half a dozen less than accurate attempts by the inebriated headsman.
Source: Off with His Head!
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