Idiom
fly out of the traps
Meaning
to start quickly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team flew out of the traps at the start of the game.”
“She flew out of the traps when the project began, finishing her first report in just two hours.”
“The young athlete flew out of the traps, immediately establishing a commanding lead that left the rest of the competitors struggling to catch up.”
Examples
simple
“The team flew out of the traps at the start of the game.”
contextual
“She flew out of the traps when the project began, finishing her first report in just two hours.”
complex
“The young athlete flew out of the traps, immediately establishing a commanding lead that left the rest of the competitors struggling to catch up.”
Origin
The idiom refers to the start of a greyhound race, where the dogs are released from a row of enclosed starting stalls known as traps. The mechanism allows for a simultaneous opening of the gates, ensuring the animals depart at a sudden, high velocity.
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