take flight

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take flight > verb, motion
Meaning	Run away quickly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	flee, fly
Broader	scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
Narrower	break; stampede; abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off; elope, run off; escape, get away, break loose; high-tail; defect, desert