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take flight

take flight
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [teyk flahyt]
    • /teɪk flaɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [teyk flahyt]
    • /teɪk flaɪt/

Definitions of take flight words

  • noun take flight an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure. 1
  • idioms take flight put to flight, to force to flee or run away; rout: She succeeded in putting the intruder to flight. 1
  • idioms take flight take flight, to retreat; run away; flee: The wild animals took flight before the onrushing fire. Also, take to flight. 1
  • verbal expression take flight start to fly 1
  • verbal expression take flight flee, escape 1
  • verbal expression take flight launch, grow 1

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Origin of take flight

First appearance:

before 1150
One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English; cognate with German Flucht; akin to flee

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Take flight

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

take flight popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for take flight

verb take flight

  • absquatulate — to leave; decamp
  • aviate — to pilot or fly in an aircraft
  • barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
  • barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
  • barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.

Antonyms for take flight

verb take flight

  • mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.

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