Fly The Coop Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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fly the coop What does fly the coop mean?	to escape	The prisoner was able to fly the coop when the guard was not looking.
fly the coop What does fly the coop mean?	to escape, to leave (like a chicken escaping from a chicken coop)	The two boys wanted to fly the coop when the school bell rang.
fly the coop What does fly the coop mean?	to escape, to leave (like a chicken escaping from a chicken coop)	The two boys wanted to fly the coop when the school bell rang.
fly the coop What does fly the coop mean?	to escape	The prisoner was able to fly the coop when the guard was not looking.
	Some Random Idioms
if the cap fits wear it What does "if the cap fits wear it" mean?	if you criticize another person and you also deserve criticism then you should accept the criticism and try and change	The girl criticized her friend for borrowing money. However, she herself always borrowed money so she should remember that if the cap fits wear it.

write up What does "write up" mean?	write or describe in writing	After our trip to Vietnam I spent a couple of weeks writing it up for a travel magazine.
find (someone) innocent What does "find (someone) innocent" mean?	to decide that someone is innocent in a court of law	The woman went to court but the judge found her innocent of all charges.
Lose the plot What does "Lose the plot" mean?	If someone loses the plot, they have stopped being rational about something.
fly in the face of (someone or something) What does "fly in the face of (someone or something)" mean?	to disregard or defy someone or something	The demands of the woman were beginning to fly in the face of anything that was reasonable.

bound and determined What does "bound and determined" mean?	to be determined	The man's wife is bound and determined to visit her sister this summer.
scale (something) down What does "scale (something) down" mean?	to make something smaller by a certain amount or proportion	The government decided to scale down their plans for the sports stadium.
not up to scratch/snuff What does "not up to scratch/snuff" mean?	to be not adequate	My uncle's golf game is not up to scratch and he always gets a bad score.
drive at (something) What does "drive at (something)" mean?	to mean something, to want to say something	I could not understand what the other negotiators in the meeting were driving at.
at every turn What does "at every turn" mean?	everywhere that one looks	When we visited Rome, there was a group of tourists at every turn.

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Fly The Coop Idiom