Standing and Take off

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Standing noun - High position within society.

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Take off is an antonym for standing.

Nearby Word: stand

Take off verb - To leave a place often for another.

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Standing is an antonym for take off.

And then they repeat it a second time while the Dealer is still standing just behind them — though they do at least take off immediately after saying it.

Source: Literature / The Wanderings of Wuntvor
To quote the Player's Guide, "At the cost of one extra form point, the demon can take off from standing position and actually gain altitude by flapping her wings."

Source: Winged Humanoid
This leads to bad decisions, such as an Aurora Bomber autonomously take off from its airfield and drop its bomb at an enemy infantry unit standing next to the airfield which ended up destroying the airfield, causing the Aurora to crash since it had nowhere to land anymore.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Strategy Games

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