Complete Definition of "fly the coop"

English

Etymology
From the sense of "fly" meaning to flee or run away + coop, a place where chickens are caged.

Verb
fly the coop
#idiom To escape or flee.
#:The guards opened the cell door, only to find that the prisoner had flown the coop.

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