fly the coop

idiom

informal

1

: to leave suddenly or secretly : to escape or go away

In the morning the suspect had flown the coop.

2

: to leave home

All their children have flown the coop.

Examples of fly the coop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This month, our twin boys — our only children — will fly the coop and head off to university. —Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025

Katie Holmes is a delight as a fed-up mortician’s wife more than ready to fly the coop. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 May 2025

Others, such as The Chicken Shanty, simply fly the coop. —Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025

Could the Golden State just fly the coop, become its own nation and walk away from 175 years of union with the United States? —Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025

The first to fly the coop was Woodpecker, who was unmasked to reveal Black-ish star, actress, and producer Marsai Martin. —Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024

While it's been nearly a quarter-century for us, Dawn of the Nugget picks up shortly after Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) helped their entire flock fly the coop from Tweedy's Farm. —Matt Kamen, WIRED, 6 July 2024

Chief among them was the risk that Musk could simply fly the coop. —Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 June 2024

Rhymes for fly the coop

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group