Antonyms for taking flight
| Grammar : Verb |
- accept
- advance
- aid
- allow
- appear
- arrive
- assist
- be born
- begin
- break
- capture
- cease
- coagulate
- come
- come in
- confront
- continue
- create
- dally
- dawdle
- decelerate
- delay
- disagree
- encounter
- enter
- face
- fight
- forge
- grow
- halt
- help
- improve
- increase
- join
- keep
- land
- linger
- loosen
- meet
- mismatch
- obey
- open
- procrastinate
- remain
- rest
- rise
- serve
- slow
- solidify
- stand
- stay
- stay on ground
- stop
- strengthen
- surrender
- take on
- unbolt
- unfasten
- unlock
- wait
- walk
Definition of taking flight
- 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
Synonyms for taking flight
- abandon
- abscond
- amble
- approach
- aviate
- avoid
- bail out
- barnstorm
- barrel
- be done for
- be gone
- be lost
- be no more
- be swallowed up
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat it
- bend the throttle
- blow
- bolt
- bound
- break
- break out
- bug out
- burst out
- bustle
- buzz
- canter
- career
- cease to exist
- circle
- circumnavigate
- circumvent
- clear
- clear out
- climb
- come to naught
- control
- cop out
- course
- cross
- cruise
- cut and run
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- dematerialize
- depart
- desert
- die
- die out
- disappear
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- ditch
- dive
- dodge
- dog it
- double
- drift
- drop out
- drop out of sight
- duck
- duck out
- dump
- ebb
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- end
- end gradually
- escape
- evade
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- exit
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fare
- flat-hat
- flee
- fleet
- flight
- flit
- float
- flutter
- fly
- fly the coop
- gallop
- get
- get away
- get away with
- get going
- get lost
- get off
- get the hell out
- give someone the slip
- glide
- go
- go like lightning
- go scot-free
- go south
- hasten
- hasten away
- hide
- hie
- hightail
- hit the road
- hop
- hotfoot
- hover
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jet out
- jet over
- jog
- journey
- jump
- kiss goodbye
- lam
- leap
- leave
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in the lurch
- leave no trace
- leg it
- light out
- lope
- make a break
- make a break for it
- make a getaway
- make a quick exit
- make for
- make getaway
- make off
- make one's escape
- make one's way
- make oneself scarce
- make quick exit
- make tracks
- maneuver
- melt
- melt away
- mosey
- mount
- move
- move out
- near
- operate
- opt out
- pace
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- pilot
- play hooky
- progress
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- race
- reach
- recede
- remain aloft
- repair
- retire
- retreat
- run
- run along
- run away
- run for it
- run from
- run like scared rabbit
- run off
- run out on
- rush
- sail
- scamper
- scoot
- scorch
- scram
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- seagull
- set off
- shag
- shoot
- shove off
- shun
- sink
- skedaddle
- skim
- skip
- skip out
- skirt
- skitter
- sky out
- slip
- slip away
- smoke
- soar
- speed
- split
- spring
- sprint
- spurt
- start
- startle
- steal away
- step on it
- step on the gas
- swoop
- take a hike
- take a hop
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take leave
- take off
- take on the lam
- take wing
- tear
- tear out
- travel
- trot
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- walk out on
- wane
- wend
- whisk
- whiz
- whoosh
- wing
- wing in
- withdraw
- work out of
- wriggle out
- zip
- zoom
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