take flight
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Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb[edit]
take flight (third-person singular simple present takes flight, present participle taking flight, simple past took flight, past participle taken flight)
- (idiomatic) To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly
- Though the bird is still young, in a day or two it will spread its wing and take flight for the first time.
- (idiomatic) to flee
- The criminals took flight as soon as they heard the sirens.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to flee): fly
Translations[edit]
to become airborne
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to flee
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