take flight

Idioms

Also, take wing. Run away, flee, go away, as in When the militia arrived, the demonstrators took flight, or The tenant took wing before paying the rent. The first idiom derives from the earlier take one's flight, dating from the late 1300s, and was first recorded in 1435. The variant was first recorded in 1704.

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take flight

The ducks are sitting or preening at the water, or about to take flight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Since 2007, the site has seen 26 chicks raised and in 2024 the team also created "runways" - areas of open space - to help the birds safely take flight.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

"Essentially, pterosaur brains quickly transformed acquiring all they needed to take flight from the beginning."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

Let’s see how those ratings hold up, if Beta shares take flight.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

Now his heart foreknew the wrath to come, but he could not take flight, being by Athena bound there.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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