take flight

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take flight (third-person singular simple present takes flight, present participle taking flight, simple past took flight, past participle taken flight)

1. (idiomatic) To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly

   Though the bird is still young, in a day or two it will spread its wing and take flight for the first time.

2. (idiomatic) to flee

   The criminals took flight as soon as they heard the sirens.

Synonyms

• (to flee): fly

Translations

to become airborne

• Finnish: lähteä lentoon
• French: s’envoler (fr), prendre son vol (fr), prendre son envol (fr)
• Hungarian: szárnyra kap
• Italian: spiccare il volo
• Polish: wznosić się impf, wznieść się pf
• Portuguese: levantar voo
• Romanian: își lua zborul
• Russian: взлете́ть (ru) pf (vzletétʹ)
• Spanish: alzar el vuelo (es), levantar el vuelo (es)

to flee

• Finnish: paeta (fi)
• French: prendre la fuite (fr)
• Greek: τρέπομαι σε φυγή (trépomai se fygí)
• Italian: darsi alla fuga
• Maori: hārewa (of birds)
• Polish: uciekać (pl) impf, uciec (pl) pf
• Russian: убега́ть (ru) impf (ubegátʹ) (run away), улета́ть (ru) impf (uletátʹ) (fly away), уплыва́ть (ru) impf (uplyvátʹ) (swim or sail away)
• Swedish: ta till flykten