flight

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[ flahyt ]
/ flaɪt /
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noun

an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.

Idioms for flight

    put to flight, to force to flee or run away; rout: She succeeded in putting the intruder to flight.
    take flight, to retreat; run away; flee: The wild animals took flight before the onrushing fire. Also take to flight.

Origin of flight

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1150–1200; Middle English; cognate with German Flucht; akin to flee

Words nearby flight

flickertail, flickertail state, flied, flier, flies, flight, flight arrow, flight attendant, flight bag, flight capital, flight control

Words related to put to flight

raid, swamp, overwhelm, rout, massacre, occupy, withstand, confront, resist, rebuff, repulse, crush, finish, subdue, expel, beat, trounce, clobber, overpower, conquer

British Dictionary definitions for put to flight (1 of 2)

flight 1
/ (flaɪt) /

noun

verb

Word Origin for flight

Old English flyht; related to Middle Dutch vlucht, Old Saxon fluht

British Dictionary definitions for put to flight (2 of 2)

flight 2
/ (flaɪt) /

noun

the act of fleeing or running away, as from danger
put to flight to cause to run away; rout
take flight or take to flight to run away or withdraw hastily; flee

Word Origin for flight

Old English flyht (unattested); related to Old Frisian flecht, Old High German fluht, Old Norse flōtti

Idioms and Phrases with put to flight (1 of 2)

put to flight

Cause to run away, as in The bombs put the civilians to flight. [Mid-1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with put to flight (2 of 2)

flight