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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