takes flight
Leaves the ground
Takes flight means to begin flying or, more often, to flee rapidly.
A startled bird takes flight from a branch.
A person takes flight from danger or responsibility: When the police arrived, the suspect took flight.
The phrase can also describe ideas or imagination becoming liberated: Her creativity took flight once she left the corporate world.
- lifts offBegins airborne departure
- goes awayCeases to be present
- runs awayEscapes by fleeing
- escapesActs of fleeing
- flies the coopDeparts suddenly, secretly
abscond · soar · liberation · hover · glide · launch · leap of faith · unshackled · emancipation · free as a bird · ascend · blows · wings · flee · dream · fantasize · wonder · envision
takes flightlands
Comes to ground
touches down · comes down · descends · alights · settles
takes flightlands
Comes to ground
touches down · arrives · makes landfall · pulls in · docks
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