'fly the coop' definitions:
Definition of 'fly the coop'
(from WordNet)
verb
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]
Synonyms of 'fly the coop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bail out,
- break away,
- break jail,
- break loose,
- cut loose,
- escape,
- escape prison,
- evade,
- flee,
- get away,
- get clear of,
- get free,
- get out,
- get out of,
- jump,
- make a getaway,
- skip,
- slip the collar