take flight
• take off and fly.
• "the ducks took flight"
• flee.
• "many Huguenots took flight from France"
Similar:
flee,
run,
run away,
run off,
make a run for it,
run for it,
be gone,
make off,
take off,
take to one's heels,
make a break for it,
bolt,
beat a (hasty) retreat,
make a quick exit,
make one's getaway,
escape,
absent oneself,
make oneself scarce,
abscond,
head for the hills,
do a disappearing act,
beat it,
clear off,
clear out,
vamoose,
skedaddle,
split,
cut and run,
show a clean pair of heels,
turn tail,
scram,
do a runner,
scarper,
do a bunk,
leg it,
light out,
bug out,
cut out,
peel out,
take a powder,
skiddoo,
go through,
shoot through,
fly,
bugger off,
