take wing
idiom
: to begin to fly
The ducks took wing and flew away.
—often used figurativelyLet your imagination take wing and explore the possibilities.
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Some zoom up there instantly; others stubbornly refuse to take wing until hours have passed.
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Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
His team plans to test this by analyzing weather radar data – which also detects the presence of flying birds, bats and insects – to see if more birds take wing during the eclipse.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
That epic feat was ripe for picking by Hollywood once most of the real characters in the story had passed from the scene, so that suspensions of disbelief—and the fantasies of Hollywood script writers—could take wing.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 June 2023
Coming fieldwork may uncover such creatures, which would provide the critical evidence for this hypothesis to take wing.
—Riley Black, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2020
Correspondent Martha Teichner explores what happens when artists take wing.
—Alex Weprin, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022
Wear ’em, and take wing.
—New York Times, 11 June 2022
Once the ball is handed to the truth-telling guardians of the public trust, the message will take wing, and the public will absorb it, accept it, and act upon it by supporting the party of fundamental reasonableness.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 June 2022
As the rest of Snowflake’s fellows take wing, the team is planning to bring 80 more black-footed albatross eggs to Guadalupe Island in the next few years.
—Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 29 June 2021
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Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
His team plans to test this by analyzing weather radar data – which also detects the presence of flying birds, bats and insects – to see if more birds take wing during the eclipse.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
That epic feat was ripe for picking by Hollywood once most of the real characters in the story had passed from the scene, so that suspensions of disbelief—and the fantasies of Hollywood script writers—could take wing.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 June 2023
Coming fieldwork may uncover such creatures, which would provide the critical evidence for this hypothesis to take wing.
—Riley Black, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2020
Correspondent Martha Teichner explores what happens when artists take wing.
—Alex Weprin, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022
Wear ’em, and take wing.
—New York Times, 11 June 2022
Once the ball is handed to the truth-telling guardians of the public trust, the message will take wing, and the public will absorb it, accept it, and act upon it by supporting the party of fundamental reasonableness.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 June 2022
As the rest of Snowflake’s fellows take wing, the team is planning to bring 80 more black-footed albatross eggs to Guadalupe Island in the next few years.
—Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 29 June 2021
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“Take wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20wing. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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