Antonyms for take flight


Grammar : Verb
Spell : flahyt
Phonetic Transcription : flaɪt


Definition of take flight

Origin :
  • "act of flying," Old English flyht "a flying, flight," from Proto-Germanic *flukhtiz (cf. Dutch vlucht "flight of birds," Old Norse flugr, Old High German flug, German Flug "flight"), from root of *fleugan "to fly" (see fly (v.1)).
  • Spelling altered late 14c. from Middle English fliht (see fight (v.)). Meaning "an instance of flight" is 1785, originally of ballooning. Meaning "series of stairs between landings" is from 1703.
  • As in run : verb move fast on foot
  • As in bolt : verb run quickly away
  • As in absquatulate : verb escape
  • As in lam : verb escape
  • As in disappear : verb vanish; cease
  • As in escape : verb break away from
  • As in flee : verb run away to escape
  • As in fly : verb take to the air, usually employing wings
  • As in fly : verb escape, flee
  • As in go : verb advance, proceed physically
Example sentences :
  • Happiness had passed me by, it was about to take flight; I caught it in a trap—I lied.
  • Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez
  • I could not take flight by water, as he could easily overtake me.
  • Extract from : « Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches » by Edwin Eastman
  • Carlino scarcely glanced at her, and suffered her to take flight.
  • Extract from : « Laboulaye's Fairy Book » by Various
  • Unless perched on some rocky pinnacle, it is unable to take flight.
  • Extract from : « In the Eastern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • I feared even then, that on seeing me she might take flight: and I was too faint to follow her.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
  • Grant allowed his eyes to close so his soul could take flight with the music.
  • Extract from : « Dust of the Desert » by Robert Welles Ritchie
  • It was not a foot from his back as he crawled under, and it did not take flight.
  • Extract from : « Brothers of Peril » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
  • All that you have demanded of me I have done, but I refuse to take flight like a coward.
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of Heaven » by Judith Gautier
  • When they are alarmed and take flight they utter a single sharp shriek.
  • Extract from : « Bird Guide » by Chester A. Reed
  • They are very wary and will all take flight at the first alarm.
  • Extract from : « Bird Guide » by Chester A. Reed

Synonyms for take flight

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