Fly The Coop Meaning
(of a bird) To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
Example: 1910, William MacLeod Raine, A Texas Ranger, ch. 3:
Not liking the accommodations, I took the first chance and flew the coop.
1961 Jan. 6, "Assisi Revisited," Time:
Explained a Curtiz assistant: "We had three ravens in Assisi; one died of cold, and another flew the coop."
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