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Verb: take flight teyk flIt

Run away quickly
"He threw down his gun and took flight";
- flee, fly, cut and run

Derived forms: taking flight, takes flight, took flight, taken flight

Type of: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam [N. Amer], leg it [Brit], run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

Nearest

take care
take chances
take charge
take control
take cover
take down
take effect
take exception
take fire
take five
take flight
take for
take for granted
take form
take heart
take heed
take hold
take hold of
take home
take in
take in charge