lift off's Usage Examples:

But at 25 seconds after lift off the control system throttled back the working engines, as there was too.

crashed into the Moon at 15:50 UT, hours before the scheduled American lift off from the Moon.

Synonyms:

trice up; pinnacle; jack up; uprise; gather up; levitate; elevate; heighten; get up; hoist; rise; raise; bring up; lift up; erect; hike; pump; displace; move up; chin up; prove; boost; rear; move; kick up; shoulder; pick up; leaven; chin; go up; come up; trice; jack; skid; hike up; wind; underlay; arise; run up;

Antonyms:

lower; fall; disagree; lightness; take away;