Idioms

fly from (someone or something) to (some place)

fly from (someone or something) to (some place)

To flee to some specific thing or place while evading someone or something. Only one of the burglars was caught—the rest must have flown from the police to a secret hiding place. Come on, man, we've gotta fly from the safe to the van, and fast—someone's coming! With the hurricane approaching, we had to fly from the coast to the mainland.
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