fly the coop

Then I told him why the kids had flown the coop.

One of the 12 flies the coop and is still at large the following afternoon.

Your intention to take me along when you flew the coop.

Maybe it's because our last child has totally flown the coop.

To see what she's been missing, Henry flies the coop.

While it might get a little easier with time, the job is far from over after the kids have flown the coop.

When he'd flown the coop, Luke had been called in.

She'd flown the coop, gone out through the back door, unseen!

Like those other birds that flew the coop, this one is being kept quiet.

Unfortunately, the pig flew the coop and is now missing.

More than that, he was glad to have her close to him for a little while longer before she flew the coop entirely.

I think you're just feeling depressed because both the kids have grown up and flown the coop.

If we wait, he might fly the coop, as you Americans say."

Or perhaps he'd flown the coop, Joe thought as he turned away and headed for the bar.

But it's not going to work, because the three of us are going to fly the coop.

Maybe another one can help him fly the coop."

We put a warrant out, but he has probably flown the coop, as you say."

The warrior began to think that the terrorists had indeed flown the coop.

But Cover suspected his exotic little bird had flown the coop.

They also noted that the company's insiders haven't flown the coop.

I know that this transition is crucial, because once they've "flown the coop," children will come back only if they want to.

"Our boy has flown the coop again," a devotee reported.

This here member has flown the coop, so you can't view their profile any more.

If the Hawk flies the coop, maybe that'll take some of the pressure off."

The chickens flew the coop and ate the neighbor's flowers.