spread wings
Extend for flight
To spread wings is to extend them outward, as a bird does before flight or to display plumage.
Figuratively, spreading your wings means venturing out independently, testing your abilities, or exploring new territory: She's ready to spread her wings and leave home.
The image captures both preparation for flight and the expansive gesture of reaching toward possibility.
- soarAscend to heights
- take flightDepart swiftly, often fearfully
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- flight feathersBird's main wing plumes
glide · unfurl · freedom · eagle · bird of prey · bird · lift · air · take off · stretch · expand · flutter · ascend · sky · open · rise · graceful · majestic
- winged thingsfeathers, Pegasus, dove, eagle, hawk
- bird expressionsearly bird, birdbrain, bird brain, lovebirds, jailbird
- wingswingbeat, wingtip, flight feather, pinion, feather
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- maturityadulthood, immature, come of age, ripe, unripe