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Fly the coop

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee. figuratively

    "Not liking the accommodations, I took the first chance and flew the coop."

  2. 2
    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run wordnet
  3. 3
    To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.

    "Explained a Curtiz assistant: "We had three ravens in Assisi; one died of cold, and another flew the coop.""

Etymology

From fly, to flee or run away, + coop, an enclosure for birds.

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