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.
Examples of take flight in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Step into the world of Nice Art Gallery and let your imagination take flight.
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Once again, generative AI, rather than allowing the imagination to take flight, imprisons it within a formalization of society’s dumber impulses.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2024
Here’s the final prompt for your personal brand to take flight.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In this iteration of the game, players no longer take to the field; instead, drones take flight.
—Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
To anxiously take flight from its reality is another.
—Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books, 15 Feb. 2024
Guests are welcome to participate in the Pink Tie Party, which kicks off the festival on March 15, and the Bloom Kite Festival, which invites attendees to take flight with their own kites on March 30, 2024.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
After years of delays, billions of dollars in federal funding, and a spectacular second-stage explosion, the large and impressive Vulcan rocket is finally ready to take flight.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024
The lunar lander, nicknamed Odysseus, or Odie for short, is set to take flight atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:57 a.m.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Once again, generative AI, rather than allowing the imagination to take flight, imprisons it within a formalization of society’s dumber impulses.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2024
Here’s the final prompt for your personal brand to take flight.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In this iteration of the game, players no longer take to the field; instead, drones take flight.
—Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
To anxiously take flight from its reality is another.
—Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books, 15 Feb. 2024
Guests are welcome to participate in the Pink Tie Party, which kicks off the festival on March 15, and the Bloom Kite Festival, which invites attendees to take flight with their own kites on March 30, 2024.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
After years of delays, billions of dollars in federal funding, and a spectacular second-stage explosion, the large and impressive Vulcan rocket is finally ready to take flight.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024
The lunar lander, nicknamed Odysseus, or Odie for short, is set to take flight atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:57 a.m.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Take flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20flight. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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