| v. |
| [1] |
take wing
,
take flight
,
take to the air
,
wing
,
soar
,
sail
,
hover
,
flutter
,
flit
,
flap
|
| [2] |
fly away/off
,
take flight
,
depart
,
leave
,
flee
,
decamp
,
bolt
,
run away/off
,
escape
,
make (good) one's escape
,
take to one's heels
,
show a clean pair of heels
,
rush/nip off/out/away
,
(make a) run (for it)
,
go/get away/off
,
abscond
,
make a getaway
,
cut and run
,
beat a (hasty) retreat
,
take off
,
scoot
,
(Colloq) light out
,
beat it
,
clear out/off
,
skedaddle
,
scram
,
(US) cut out
,
hightail (it)
,
take it on the lam
,
take a (run-out) powder
,
lam out
,
take to the hills
,
take to the woods
,
(Slang) (Brit) scarper
,
bugger off
,
(US) vamoose
,
blow
|
| [3] |
hasten
,
hurry
,
rush
,
run
,
race
,
dash
,
sprint
,
tear
,
scamper
,
scoot
,
(Colloq) make tracks
|
| [4] |
pass (by)
,
elapse
,
go (by)
,
expire
,
run its course
,
slip/slide by/away
|
| [5] |
aviate
,
pilot
,
jet
|
| [6] |
fly in the face of
,
wing
,
flout
,
defy
,
go against
,
contemn
,
scorn
,
scoff at
,
oppose
,
go/run counter to
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countervail
,
countermine
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
thumb one's nose at
,
(Colloq) (Brit) cock a snook at
|
| [7] |
fly off the handle
,
fly into a rage/fury/temper/passion
,
lose one's temper
,
have a fit/tantrum
,
be fit to be tied
,
go berserk
,
go crazy/mad
,
explode
,
(Colloq) lose/blow one's cool
,
blow one's top
,
hit/go through the roof
,
(US) hit the ceiling
,
blow one's stack
,
get worked up (over)
,
(Slang) blow a fuse/a gasket
,
flip (one's lid)
,
have a haemorrhage
,
(Brit) flip one's top
|
| [8] |
let fly
,
aviate
,
pilot
,
throw
,
toss
,
cast
,
hurl
,
fling
,
heave
,
pitch
,
lob
,
sling
,
chuck
,
shoot
,
fire (off)
,
let rip
,
discharge
,
launch
,
propel
,
let go/offlet go with
,
let (someone) have it
,
lash out
,
vent one's spleen
,
lose one's temper
,
burst out/forth
,
burst into
,
(Colloq) pull no punches
,
tear into
|
| [9] |
fell
,
vanish
|
| [10] |
flee
,
take flight
|
| [11] |
vanish
,
vaporize
|
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