| 单词 | fly the coop |
| 释义 | fly the coop (once / 159721 pages) v WORD FAMILY fly the coop: flew the coop, flown the coop USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Patch, Fluffy and Skinny flew the coop, she was heartbroken. Wall Street Journal(Oct 26, 2016) That's not what one of Stephen Brubaker's clients planned to do after their children flew the coop. US News(Aug 12, 2016) Alas, the owls have officially flown the coop before the blockbuster West End production officially opened. Los Angeles Times(Jun 10, 2016) v flee; take to one's heels; cut and run Syn|Hypo|Hyper break away, bunk, escape, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail flee, fly, take flight run away quickly skedaddlerun away, as if in a panic breakmake a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing stampederun away in a stampede abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run offrun away; usually includes taking something or somebody along elope, run offrun away secretly with one's beloved break loose, escape, get awayrun away from confinement high-tailretreat at full speed defect, desertdesert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army go away, go forth, leave go away from a place |
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