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take flight

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  • verb idiomatic To fly; to become aloft, to become airborne; to take off (the ground)
  • verb idiomatic to flee

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  • verb run away quickly

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. fly

hypernyms (13)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. breakaway
  2. bunk
  3. escape
  4. fly the coop
  5. head for the hills
  6. hightail it
  7. lam
  8. run
  9. runaway
  10. scarper
  11. scat
  12. take to the woods
  13. turn tail

hyponyms (16)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. abscond
  2. absquatulate
  3. bolt
  4. break
  5. break loose
  6. decamp
  7. defect
  8. desert
  9. elope
  10. escape
  11. getaway
  12. go off
  13. high-tail
  14. make off
  15. run off
  16. stampede

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