flight
2[flahyt]
noun
an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
Origin of flight
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fly, shoot, rush, travel, dash, race, jog, sprint, bound, dump, skip, scamper, dart, jump, leap, scoot, escape, flee, depart, waneflight
1noun
verb
Word Origin for flight
Old English flyht; related to Middle Dutch vlucht, Old Saxon fluht
flight
2noun
Word Origin for flight
Old English flyht (unattested); related to Old Frisian flecht, Old High German fluht, Old Norse flōtti
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