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 |
| PEEL | 2 % | 4 |
| BOLT | 2 % | 4 |
| ERASE | 2 % | 5 |
| DEDUCT | 2 % | 6 |
| HIE | 2 % | 3 |
| PARODY | 2 % | 6 |
| SCRAM | 1 % | 5 |
| FLY | 1 % | 3 |
| DETACH | 1 % | 6 |
| APE | 1 % | 3 |
| HIGHTAILIT | 1 % | 10 |
| ELOPE | 1 % | 5 |
| SETOUT | 1 % | 6 |
| LAM | 1 % | 3 |
| AVIATE | 1 % | 6 |
| LEAVETHERUNWAY | 0 % | 14 |
| RUNALONG | 0 % | 8 |
| START | 0 % | 5 |
| HITTHEROAD | 0 % | 10 |
| SKEDADDLE | 0 % | 9 |
| MIMIC | 0 % | 5 |
| REDUCEONESSCORE | 0 % | 15 |
| RISE | 0 % | 4 |
| SKYROCKET | 0 % | 9 |
| MIME | 0 % | 4 |
| OMIT | 0 % | 4 |
| IMITATE | 0 % | 7 |
| MISSADAYOFWORK | 0 % | 14 |
| UNLADE | 0 % | 6 |
| LOP | 0 % | 3 |
| FLYAWAY | 0 % | 7 |
| SATIRIZE | 0 % | 8 |
| BAIL | 0 % | 4 |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 LEAVETHERUNWAY
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 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 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 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 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 SKYROCKET
- Rise rapidly and suddenly
- Go through the roof
- Suddenly soar
- Zoom into the wild blue yonder.
- Rise abruptly
- Zoom
- Take off!
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.
More clues leading to the result OMIT
More clues leading to the result IMITATE
More clues leading to the result MISSADAYOFWORK
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 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 FLYAWAY
- Loose and flowing
- Take off
- Frizzy, in a way
- 1999 Lenny Kravitz hit
- Abandon the nest
- Take wing
- Escape in the air