Idiom
blast off
Meaning
to begin ascent under rocket power
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The rocket will blast off at noon.”
“The crowd cheered loudly as the space shuttle began to blast off from the launch pad.”
“After years of meticulous preparation and testing, the mission control team held their breath as the massive vessel prepared to blast off into the unknown reaches of space.”
Examples
simple
“The rocket will blast off at noon.”
contextual
“The crowd cheered loudly as the space shuttle began to blast off from the launch pad.”
complex
“After years of meticulous preparation and testing, the mission control team held their breath as the massive vessel prepared to blast off into the unknown reaches of space.”
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