(intransitive) To separate into groups of two. / (transitive) To join two people into a relationship.

(transitive) To send away, with belongings, for a long time.

(transitive) To count (a series of numbers) aloud.

(transitive, informal) To transport away.

(intransitive, idiomatic) to get to a stable level; to cease climbing, descending, or oscillating

(nautical, transitive) To remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)

(transitive, idiomatic) To omit. / (informal) To desist; to cease. / (intransitive) To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.

(transitive, idiomatic) To drive someone or something away.

To extract the cream or creamy part from something. / To separate (the best part of something from the regular part). / To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face).

(US, often used without "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off.