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an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
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take flight, to retreat; run away; flee: The wild animals took flight before the onrushing fire. Also, take to flight.
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Word Origin & History
flight
"fleeing," from M.E. fluht (c.1200), not found in O.E., but presumed to have existed. Related to O.E. fleon "flee" (see flee).
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Idioms & Phrases
take flight
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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