Shoot
Take off
Take off verb - To leave a place often for another.
Both terms in one sentence
- In Knights of the Old Republic you have to shoot a bunch of enemy ships before they let you take off on the Ebon Hawk for the first time.
Source: Unexpected Shmup Level -
You shoot and slice through Los Angeles to LAX where you get knocked out right after seeing the plane with your fiancee take off.
Source: Video Game / Red Steel - He attempted to take off while being strafed by Japanese Zeroes, and somehow managed to get up in the air AND get behind the planes that had just been flying behind him trying to shoot him up.
Source: Sitting Duck
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