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Definition of Fly the coop

1. Verb. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

Definition of Fly the coop

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee. ¹

2. Verb. (context: of a bird) To escape from a pen or similar enclosure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly The Coop

Literary usage of Fly the coop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"Besides, you all know that if such an association were formed, half of them would fly the coop the first time they heard of any outsider some day getting 5 ..."

2. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1905)
"... the top of the run fence should not be a stick of timber; it is too easily located by the fowl that may desire to "fly the coop. ..."

3. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1906)
"... the top of the run fence should not be a stick of timber; it is too easily located by the fowl that may desire to "fly the coop. ..."

4. The Teaching of English in the Secondary School by Charles Swain Thomas (1917)
"To fly the coop. e. To be fired. /. Some cheese (he thought he was). g. Your own favorite slang phrase. (Find always the up-to-date slang most used by your ..."

5. True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office by Arthur Cheney Train (1908)
""What are you doing here in New York ?" demanded Clark. "Didn'tI give you six hours to fly the coop ? And who's this woman ? ..."

6. Watch Yourself Go by by Alfred Griffith Field (1912)
"Air yu fixin' to fly the coop? If ye air, don't go off like a thief afore daylight. Go away so you won't be ashamed to kum back. Kum on now, let's hear from ..."

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