fly the coop
Verb
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Verb
fly the coop
- (idiomatic) To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee.
- 1910, William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger, ch. 3:
- Not liking the accommodations, I took the first chance and flew the coop.
- 1910, William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger, ch. 3:
- (of a bird) To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
- 1961 Jan. 6, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874285,00.html Assisi Revisited]," Time:
- Explained a Curtiz assistant: "We had three ravens in Assisi; one died of cold, and another flew the coop."
- 1961 Jan. 6, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874285,00.html Assisi Revisited]," Time:
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