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Taking off: one’s mass movement in art (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impressionism

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'art' is the definition.
(impressionism is a kind of art)

'taking off one's mass movement' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'taking' could be 'on' (eg one taking drugs is 'on' drugs) and 'on' is found in the answer.
'one's' could be 'is' (Roman numeral) and 'is' is found within the answer.
'mass' could be 'press' (pressing is a kind of massing) and 'press' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for impressionism that I've seen before include "art movement" , "Art school" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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