Take off is used with these nouns as the subject:
aircraft, business, career, flight, helicopter, idea, jet, plane, rocket

Take off is used with these nouns as the object:
agenda, armour, bandage, boot, bra, cap, chill, clip, clothes, cover, diaper, drip, earphones, earring, gag, gear, glasses, goggles, handcuffs, harness, heat, helmet, label, lid, lipstick, mailing list, make-up, mask, nail polish, pill, plaster, ring, rucksack, seat belt, shelf, ski, spectacles, sunglasses, thing, veil, watch, wig, wrapper, year

Take-off is used before these nouns:
clearance