take flight
Verb
Meaning
run away quickly
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He threw down his gun and fled
A of the locusts has been growing up in the Somalia desert in recent weeks, preparing to take flight as the next wave headed toward Kenya, Ethiopia and beyond.
And, like the migrating shorebirds that come to the island for the summer, these two women of different generations must rediscover their unique strengths so by summer’s end they, too, can take flight in ways they never imagined possible.
English setters lead hunters through rolling fields, flushing tiny quail (i.e., making them take flight) as staff guides offer tips.
Once the case is built, only adult males ever leave the case, never to return, when they take flight to find a mate.
The R-rated DC blockbuster had a ton of thrilling action sequences, so how much did the cast train in order to take flight as the Birds of Prey?