take to the skies
Lift off ground
To take to the skies is to begin flying or become airborne.
Aircraft take to the skies when they depart: Dozens of planes took to the skies after the storm passed.
The phrase often carries a sense of freedom or adventure: She got her pilot's license and took to the skies.
Birds take to the skies when they launch into flight.
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- airborneTraveling through air
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- aviationFlying or operating aircraft
- hoverRemain suspended midair
freedom · airplane · glide · liberation · ascend · barnstorming · wings · soaring · rises · altitude · blue yonder · birds · Wright brothers · first flight · takeoff · pilot · aviation pioneers · transcendence
vertical movement/flight status
take to the skiesland
Earth's solid surface
touch down · come down · descend · make landfall · set down