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liftoff (n.)
also
lift-off
, "vertical take-off of a rocket, etc.," 1956, American English, from the verbal phrase, from
lift
(v.) +
off
(adv.). Earlier, of aircraft, simply
lift
(1879). Figurative use from 1967.
