flight
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[ flahyt ]
/ flaɪt /
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
British Dictionary definitions for take flight (1 of 2)
flight
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/ (flaɪt) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for flight
Old English
flyht; related to Middle Dutch
vlucht, Old Saxon
fluht
British Dictionary definitions for take 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 take flight (1 of 2)
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.
Idioms and Phrases with take flight (2 of 2)
flight