The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FLEE , but the solution may also be SOAR which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Take off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLEE | 10 % | 4 |
| SHED | 8 % | 4 |
| LEAVE | 8 % | 5 |
| DEPART | 8 % | 6 |
| SOAR | 8 % | 4 |
| REMOVE | 8 % | 6 |
| DOFF | 5 % | 4 |
| SPLIT | 4 % | 5 |
| EXIT | 4 % | 4 |
| STRIP | 3 % | 5 |
| RUN | 3 % | 3 |
| DEDUCT | 2 % | 6 |
| PEEL | 2 % | 4 |
| BOLT | 2 % | 4 |
| ERASE | 2 % | 5 |
| HIE | 2 % | 3 |
| PARODY | 2 % | 6 |
| FLY | 1 % | 3 |
| DETACH | 1 % | 6 |
| SCRAM | 1 % | 5 |
| LAM | 1 % | 3 |
| AVIATE | 1 % | 6 |
| APE | 1 % | 3 |
| HIGHTAILIT | 1 % | 10 |
| SETOUT | 1 % | 6 |
| ELOPE | 1 % | 5 |
| UNLADE | 0 % | 6 |
| IMITATE | 0 % | 7 |
| MISSADAYOFWORK | 0 % | 14 |
| FLYAWAY | 0 % | 7 |
| LOP | 0 % | 3 |
| BAIL | 0 % | 4 |
| SATIRIZE | 0 % | 8 |
| RUNALONG | 0 % | 8 |
| START | 0 % | 5 |
| LEAVETHERUNWAY | 0 % | 14 |
| SKEDADDLE | 0 % | 9 |
| HITTHEROAD | 0 % | 10 |
| RISE | 0 % | 4 |
| MIMIC | 0 % | 5 |
| REDUCEONESSCORE | 0 % | 15 |
| MIME | 0 % | 4 |
| OMIT | 0 % | 4 |
| SKYROCKET | 0 % | 9 |
Why may FLEE be the right solution?
"FLEE" means to run away or escape, which is a synonym for "take off" in the sense of leaving quickly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lift off
- start
- depart
- set off
- doff
- part
- deduct
- subtract
- get off the ground
- set forth
- set out
- start out
Crossword Answer definitions
FLEE verb- To run away; to escape.
- To escape from.
- To disappear quickly; to vanish.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FLEE
- Barrister Bailey
- Leave town
- Scamper off
- Hightail it
- Skip town
- Get outta here
- Get the hell out of Dodge (Tribute #3)
- Run
- Skedaddle
- Head for the hills
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result LEAVE
- French __ (abrupt departure)
- Take a powder
- Permission
- Shove off
- "Scramola!"
- Maternity ___
- Skedaddle
- Use the eggsit
- Army vacation
- Split
More clues leading to the result DEPART
More clues leading to the result SOAR
- Fly high
- Fly like a glider
- Fly like an eagle
- Increase dramatically
- Rise suddenly
- Take wing
- Make like an eagle
- Parasail
- See 12D
- Fly, like an eagle
More clues leading to the result REMOVE
More clues leading to the result DOFF
- Remove
- Take off
- Take off (one's hat)
- Tip
- Tip your hat
- Remove, as a cap
- Tip politely
- Remove, as one's hat
- Tip, as a hat
- Remove, as a hat
More clues leading to the result SPLIT
- 7-10, for one
- Part company
- Depart
- Bowler's bane
- Alley challenge
- Share equally
- Ice cream order
- Undecided
- Ivanisevic's hometown
- Candlepins bummer
More clues leading to the result EXIT
- Door, at times
- Leave the stage
- Part of a cloverleaf
- Theater sign
- Adit's opposite
- Door sign
- Stage direction
- Departure
- Fire-escape sign
- Kind of poll
More clues leading to the result STRIP
- Divest
- Husk
- TV series, "77 Sunset ___"
- "77 Sunset ____"
- Bare all
- Landing field
- Police search
- Take it all off
- Disrobe
- Lose a suit?
More clues leading to the result RUN
- Duration
- Compete in a race
- Flow
- Turn tail
- Beat a retreat
- Get cracking
- Series, in cards
- Go office-hunting?
- "___ and Tell That" ("Hairspray" song)
- Do like Santorum
More clues leading to the result DEDUCT
- Subtract
- Take away
- Take off
- Take off, as a discount
- Take (from)
- Subtract.
- Dock.
- Take away.
- Dock
- Count expenses when figuring taxes
More clues leading to the result PEEL
- Avenger Emma
- Fruit cover
- Lime cover
- __-and-stick labels
- Remove the skin
- Come unglued
- Orange jacket
- Rind
- Banana discard
- Cause of a slip, maybe
More clues leading to the result BOLT
- Cloth roll
- Nut's partner
- Cloth unit
- Wolf down
- Fabric measurement
- Make tracks
- Wolf (down)
- Run for it
- Neck ornament for Karloff
- Hightail it
More clues leading to the result ERASE
- Rub out
- Clean the slate
- Delete
- Delete a file
- Destroy
- Expunge
- Free up space, in a way
- Get the lead out?
- Wipe away
- Wipe out
More clues leading to the result HIE
- Get a move on
- Step on it
- Get the lead out
- Hasten
- Hurry
- Hurry, old style
- Not dawdle
- Shakespeare's "Move it!"
- Go quickly
- Go rapidly
More clues leading to the result PARODY
- Viral video, perhaps
- Takeoff
- Monty Python piece
- Many a Firesign Theatre skit
- "Saturday Night Live" fare
- Burlesque
- Lampoon
- Spoof
- Typical Mad piece
- Make fun of
More clues leading to the result FLY
- Eyes from a wall
- Jet
- No-pest strip victim
- Ointment contaminant?
- Screen invader
- Swattable bug
- Birds and bees do it
- Reach new heights?
- Tackle box item
- Soup extra?
More clues leading to the result DETACH
- Take apart
- Rip off
- Take off
- Break off
- Disengage
- Disconnect, as a notepad page
- Separate
- Become separated
- Remove, as a coupon
- Unfasten
More clues leading to the result SCRAM
- "Get lost!"
- "Hit the road!"
- Abrupt farewell
- Parting word, of sorts
- "Step off!"
- "Git!"
- "Beat it!"
- "Get outta here, kid! You're bothering me"
- "I said 'go!'"
- Word to a pest
More clues leading to the result LAM
- Beat it
- Escape
- Headlong flight
- Run for it
- Wallop
- Get out of town
- Skip town
- Take a powder
- Felon's exit
- Felonious flight
More clues leading to the result AVIATE
- Emulate Earhart
- Pilot
- Get some air
- Go toward a touchdown?
- Go up
- Play an ace?
- Soar
- Take to the skies
- Work for United
- Fly
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
More clues leading to the result HIGHTAILIT
More clues leading to the result SETOUT
- Intend (to)
- Embark
- Hit the trail
- Begin
- Begin a journey
- Embark, as on a journey
- Commence
- Begin a trip
- Begin traveling
- Undertake
More clues leading to the result ELOPE
- Bolt and hitch
- Flee to Gretna Green
- Forgo the reception
- Leave via ladder, perhaps
- Run away
- Run off to the J.P.
- Split to unite
- Take the honey and run?
- Marry in haste
- Run off
More clues leading to the result UNLADE
- Discharge
- Take off cargo
- Discharge cargo
- Remove from a hold
- Take off
- Remove cargo
- Disburden.
- Discharge cargo.
- Take cargo from
- Remove a burden from
More clues leading to the result IMITATE
More clues leading to the result MISSADAYOFWORK
More clues leading to the result FLYAWAY
- Loose and flowing
- Take off
- Frizzy, in a way
- 1999 Lenny Kravitz hit
- Abandon the nest
- Take wing
- Escape in the air
More clues leading to the result LOP
- Cut off
- Remove some branches
- Trim
- Remove, as branches
- Be a branch manager?
- Chop (off)
- Cut (off)
- Cut (off), as branches
- Do some landscaping work, say
- Do some topiary
More clues leading to the result BAIL
- It may be posted
- At times, it's posted
- Insurance money?
- The cost of leaving?
- Remove water
- Quit, so to speak
- Pound notes?
- Court payment
- Release payment
- $50, in Monopoly
More clues leading to the result SATIRIZE
More clues leading to the result RUNALONG
- Be off with you!
- "Go on, now"
- "Off with you now!"
- Take off
- "Git!"
- Skedaddle
- Go: Colloq.
- Be off with you: Colloq.
- Go away as a marathoner might?
- "Go on, git!"
More clues leading to the result START
- Kick off
- Square one
- Begin
- Open
- Set in motion
- Appropriate word here?
- Hit the trail
- Select neighbor, on old controllers
- Instructions, part 3
- Set moving
More clues leading to the result LEAVETHERUNWAY
More clues leading to the result SKEDADDLE
- Get out in a hurry
- Take off
- "Go!"
- Hurry
- "Scram!"
- "Make yourself scarce!"
- Scoot away
- RUN along
- Run away, in Civil War slang.
- Run off
More clues leading to the result HITTHEROAD
- The civil engineer ___
- Got going
- "Go!"
- Vamoosed
- Begin traveling
- "Get lost"
- Get going
- Leave town
- PUSH off
- Get going.
More clues leading to the result RISE
- "___ and shine!"
- Anticipate the anthem
- Greet the judge
- Levitate
- Lose a lap
- Prepare to shine?
- Shaving-cream name
- Ascend
- Emulate the sun
- First name in sopranos
More clues leading to the result MIMIC
- Act the copycat
- Parodist
- Resemble closely
- Make like
- Imitate derisively
- Do an impersonation
- Replicate
- Chameleonic comedian
- Copy
- Ape
More clues leading to the result REDUCEONESSCORE
More clues leading to the result MIME
- Silent actor
- Skelton forte
- Silent act
- Silent performer
- Silent player
- Marceau's art
- He's not one to talk
- Go through the motions?
- He hasn't a thing to say
- Marcel Marceau, e.g.