Do praise terrible take-offs (8)

I believe the answer is:

parodies

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'take-offs' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'do praise terrible' is the wordplay.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'do'+'praise'='dopraise'
'dopraise' anagrammed gives 'PARODIES'.

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(Other definitions for parodies that I've seen before include "They take off" , "Spoofs, lampoons" , "Do aspire to comic imitations" , "Sends up" , "Feeble imitations, travesties" .)

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