take wing
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Wisdom, thanks to books such as Daniels’, can then take wing.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
The continuation of society itself currently depends on good people to govern themselves, but in South Park, where the average American’s worst impulses take wing and soar, that’s a lot to ask.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2020
But even in her new home she seems caged and eager to take wing.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
“It was not a process, or something she studied, and certainly Burt was no Pygmalion; Margaret simply seemed to know how to take wing and fly effortlessly from one incarnation to the next.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
I don't care now that Peeta's footfalls send rodents scurrying, make birds take wing.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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