flight
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4.9
- noun
- /flaɪt/
- And obviously if one of them fails during flight, it's a bad day.
- take flight
- fight or flight
- flight response
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Watch on YouTubeThat person, their fight or flight system, is not turning off.
- That person, their fight or flight system, is not turning off.
- This is your fight, flight or freeze, right?
- Most of us are familiar with fight, flight or freeze.
- So gold, gold is a flight to safety.
- So expulsions, or at least the encouragement of flight, become tools of war.
- This would be a fight or a flight position fight.
- It's the fear flight thing in your brain, right?
- But your default innate conflict type is fight, flight, make, fight, flight, make friends.
Examples
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A full explanation for my sudden flight cannot, I am afraid, be provided.
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Other days I was a prisoner: Papillon, preparing myself for my great flight to freedom.
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In the morning, they made the long flight down to the nearest house.
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The fugitive Jang Tae San continues his elusive flight for the eighth day.
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The prisoner planned his flight from the high-security facility under the cover of night.
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After weeks of hiding, his flight from authorities finally ended when he was captured.
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They organized an escape route for the refugees' flight from the war-torn region.
Synonyms
376
1.1
An act of getting away from a place where you are kept or are in danger
198
4.1
Moving people from a dangerous place to a safer place, for example during a fire
86
4.6
A quick escape by criminals after a crime
80
4.4
A move back from a place to escape danger
10
6.3
A quick movement that lets someone escape being caught
2
3.8
Leaving home or another place without permission when you should stay
Idioms
Compounds
101
3.2
A person who looks after passengers on an airplane and keeps them safe and comfortable
10
3.4
A flight with a stop where you change planes to reach your final destination
- Specialized
6
3.5
A machine on the ground that copies the feeling of flying a plane for training
- Specialized
5
4.1
A computer system on a plane or drone that automatically keeps it steady and guides it
- Specialized
5
4.8
A crew member who checks and runs a plane's engines and systems during a trip
- Specialized
3
6.0
An area at an airport where planes are parked and worked on before flying
- Informal
1
8.6
A very frightening plane trip that makes people on board feel scared
- Specialized
1
7.2
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
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Etymology
Flight meaning 'escape' comes from the old sense of fly as 'run away' or 'flee'. So to take flight is to move away quickly, like a person or animal that 'flies' from danger.