Idiom
take flight
Meaning
To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The small birds take flight when I walk near the tree.”
“We watched the eagles take flight from the high cliff as the sun began to rise.”
“As the storm clouds gathered, the entire flock of geese decided to take flight and migrate toward the warmer southern regions.”
Examples
simple
“The small birds take flight when I walk near the tree.”
contextual
“We watched the eagles take flight from the high cliff as the sun began to rise.”
complex
“As the storm clouds gathered, the entire flock of geese decided to take flight and migrate toward the warmer southern regions.”
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