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Synonyms for take flight
verb run quickly away

dash
rush
bound
dump
skip
scamper
take off
dart
jump
leap
scoot

escape
sprint
drop out
flee
fly
hightail
flight
skedaddle
abscond
spring
hotfoot

start
startle
split
hurtle
ditch
bail out
cop out
cut loose
cut out
leave in the lurch
make off

opt out
walk out on
kiss goodbye
leave flat
leave high and dry
leave holding the bag
make a break for it
make tracks
run like scared rabbit
run out on
step on it

Antonyms for take flight

remain
wait
loosen
unlock

dawdle
face
meet
stay

stop
open
unbolt
unfasten

Synonyms
verb vanish; cease

depart
wane
retire
escape
go
melt
dissipate
fade
perish
evaporate
expire
sink
flee

retreat
fly
die
recede
leave
withdraw
abandon
dissolve
vamoose
end
ebb
abscond
clear

vacate
exit
disperse
pass
evanesce
decamp
pass away
die out
dematerialize
be done for
be gone
be lost
be no more

be swallowed up
cease to exist
come to naught
drop out of sight
end gradually
evanish
fade away
go south
leave no trace
melt away

Antonyms

wait
grow
increase
remain
coagulate
solidify
improve
come in

come
enter
continue
stay
rise
begin
be born
fight

appear
strengthen
face
meet
advance
forge
keep
arrive

Synonyms
verb break away from

fly
dodge
depart
emerge
avoid
evade
leave
slip
elude
run
vanish
flee

disappear
elope
abscond
skip
pass
double
decamp
bolt
duck
shun
circumvent
desert

bail out
cut loose
get off
make off
slip away
burst out
cut and run
duck out
fly the coop
get away with
go scot-free
make getaway

make oneself scarce
play hooky
run away
run off
run out on
steal away
take a powder
take on the lam
work out of
wriggle out

Antonyms

walk
confront
wait
aid
assist
capture
remain

face
stay
encounter
meet
arrive
come
continue

take on
stand
appear
accept
help

Synonyms
verb run away to escape

fly
jump
take off
depart
get
leave
vanish
desert
retreat
blow

elude
skedaddle
abscond
skip
avoid
scoot
evade
break
scamper
hotfoot

decamp
bolt
scram
vamoose
split
cut out
make off
beat a hasty retreat
cut and run
fly the coop

get away
get the hell out
make a getaway
make oneself scarce
make quick exit
make tracks
step on it
step on the gas
take a hike
make one’s escape

Antonyms

wait
dawdle
face
stay

arrive
come
continue
meet

take on
join
stand

Synonyms
verb take to the air, usually employing wings

shoot
take off
float
glide
drift
travel
sail
reach
cross
flutter
swoop
climb
circle
operate

speed
rush
pilot
control
dash
skim
skirt
barnstorm
jet
hop
circumnavigate
soar
maneuver
hover

dive
dart
hurry
whisk
flit
mount
zoom
scud
whiz
buzz
fleet
wing
zip
whoosh

aviate
flat-hat
seagull
bend the throttle
jet out
jet over
remain aloft
sky out
take a hop
take wing
wing in

Antonyms

remain
slow
decelerate
walk

confront
stay
rest
land

face
stay on ground

Synonyms
verb escape, flee

break
take off
run
withdraw
disappear
hightail
hide

skedaddle
abscond
skip
clear
decamp
bolt
avoid

clear out
light out
make off
cut and run
get away
hasten away
make a getaway

make a quick exit
run for it
run from
steal away

Antonyms

obey
walk
confront
remain

allow
stay
arrive
open

face
meet
land
stay on ground

Synonyms
verb advance, proceed physically

fly
retire
travel
move
leave
pass
progress
flee
fare
repair
hightail
lam
depart

quit
wend
escape
mosey
near
journey
exit
hie
withdraw
cruise
decamp
approach
vamoose

abscond
split
beat it
get off
hit the road
light out
pull out
push off
shove off
take off
bug out
get away
get going

get lost
make a break for it
make for
move out
push on
run along
run away
set off
skip out
take a hike
take a powder
take leave
make one’s way

Antonyms

remain
wait
create
surrender
face

stay
stop
arrive
come
enter

continue
break
disagree
mismatch
be born

Synonyms
verb move fast on foot

fly
shoot
rush
travel
dash
race
jog
sprint
tear
depart
gallop
skip
skitter
course
escape

speed
hie
trot
pace
scamper
lope
spring
hustle
canter
bound
abscond
hotfoot
dart
decamp
bolt

hurry
flee
whisk
skedaddle
career
flit
scurry
scud
scoot
smoke
spurt
barrel
hasten
amble
scramble

scorch
bustle
beat it
clear out
light out
make off
take off
shag
cut and run
dog it
go like lightning
leg it
make a break
make tracks
tear out

Antonyms

walk
remain
wait
delay
slow
dally
procrastinate

dawdle
cease
obey
stay
continue
linger
face

meet
rest
stand
halt
stop
serve

Synonyms
verb escape

vamoose
hightail
depart
abscond

decamp
bolt
scram
vanish

flee
disappear
break out
cut and run

get away
make a getaway
run away

Antonyms

wait
stay

arrive
come

continue
appear

Synonyms
verb escape

emerge
depart
skip
duck
elude
slip
pass
vanish
circumvent
disappear
blow
avoid
dodge

run
abscond
decamp
bolt
shun
flee
desert
fly
elope
double
evade
leave
bail out

break out
cut loose
get off
make off
burst out
cut and run
duck out
fly the coop
get away
get away with
give someone the slip
go scot-free
make a getaway

make getaway
make oneself scarce
play hooky
run away
run off
run out on
slip away
steal away
take a powder
take it on the lam
take on the lam
work out of
wriggle out

Antonyms

wait
confront
aid
assist
come in
walk
remain

arrive
come
continue
stay
face
meet
take on

encounter
accept
appear
help
stand
stop