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fly the coop
verb as in abandon
Strongest matches
verb as in abscond
verb as in escape
verb as in flee
Strong matches
verb as in lam
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bail out
- break out
- burst out
- cut and run
- cut loose
- duck out
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- play hooky
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- work out of
- wriggle out
verb as in skedaddle
Example Sentences
But while “eggflation” has calmed temporarily, bird flu has not flown the coop.
A Bronx Zoo peacock flew the coop Wednesday night and attacked a man before it nestled high up in a tree.
As of Thursday evening, the vulture had not eaten since he first flew the coop.
Before you fly the coop, save up a cushion of three to 12 months of living expenses.
A snowy owl that found its way to a rooftop in west Orange County has flown the coop, according to local birders who rapturously monitored the unique visitor over the last month.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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