Launch
Take off
Take off verb - To leave a place often for another.
Both terms in one sentence
- When the first men in Bronson Canyon on the Moon take off on their return trip to Earth, superimposed stock footage of a V2 launch is used... including the launch gantry.
Source: Stock Footage - If you get them the fuel, they take off successfully (unless you deliberately sabotage the launch).
Source: Cult -
Which is pretty big, and the Albatross has to launch itself off cliffs to get into the air because it's too heavy to take off.
Source: Giant Flyer
Cite this Source
Take off and Launch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/launch/take_off
Launch & Take off. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/launch/take_off>.
Take off or Launch. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/launch/take_off.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "launch" and "take off" have occurred on timeline