take flight
idiom
1
: to leave or run away from danger
Fearing arrest, they took flight and hid in the mountains.
2
US
: to begin flying
The bird took flight when we tried to approach it.
3
US
: to begin a period of rapid activity, development, or growth
The idea really took flight and soon it seemed everyone was copying it.
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The dust jacket for When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines features a younger Carter in a bespoke power suit, cigarette in hand, his trademark hair wings just beginning to take flight.
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
Let your creativity take flight with the countless ways to integrate branches and leaves into your home this season.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
Technically, the area around the cave is private property, but the Flood Control District encourages people to go watch the bats take flight.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
How to Die Alone – (9/13) Starring Natasha Rothwell, How to Die Alone follows Mel, a JFK airport employee who’s never been in love and forgotten how to dream, until an accidental brush with death catapults her on a journey to finally take flight and start living by any means necessary.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
Let your creativity take flight with the countless ways to integrate branches and leaves into your home this season.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
Technically, the area around the cave is private property, but the Flood Control District encourages people to go watch the bats take flight.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
How to Die Alone – (9/13) Starring Natasha Rothwell, How to Die Alone follows Mel, a JFK airport employee who’s never been in love and forgotten how to dream, until an accidental brush with death catapults her on a journey to finally take flight and start living by any means necessary.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Take flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20flight. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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