darsi alla fuga

Italian

Alternative forms

• andare in fuga
• volgere in fuga

Etymology

Literally, “to give oneself to flight.”

Verb

darsi alla fuga

1. to take flight; to flee
   • 2024 December 9, The Editorial Board, “Fermato Luigi Mangione, sospetto killer del Ceo Thompson. Il “manifesto”: “Questi parassiti se la sono cercata” [Luigi Mangione, suspected killer of CEO Thompson, arrested. The "manifesto": "Those parasites were asking for it"]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano‎^[1]:

     Thompson era stato dichiarato morto pochi minuti dopo in ospedale mentre il killer si dava alla fuga su una e-bike e poi in taxi per raggiungere la stazione dei Greyhound sotto il ponte di George Washington facendo perdere le sue tracce fino a a ^[sic] oggi.

     Thompson was pronounced dead a few minutes later in the hospital while the killer was taking flight on an e-bike and then in a taxi to reach the Greyhound station under the George Washington bridge, leaving no trace behind up to today.