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blow the coop
To leave or escape (something). This lecture is so boring. Come on, let's blow the coop and go get a drink somewhere! I'm definitely blowing the coop when I turn 18—I can't wait to have a little freedom!
go co-op
Typically said of an apartment building that has become a cooperative (or "co-op")—a building in which residents do not own property but rather own shares in the corporation that owns the building. I can't believe that our building is going co-op—I might need to move.
coop someone or something up
to confine someone or something in a small place. Don't coop me up. I can't stand small places. We had to coop up the dogs for a while.
fly the coop
Fig. to escape; to get out or get away. (Alludes to a chicken escaping from a chicken coop.) I couldn't stand the party, so I flew the coop. The prisoner flew the coop at the first opportunity.
fly the coop
(mainly American) to leave somewhere, especially to leave your home for the first time in order to live away from the family
Usage notes: A coop is a place where chickens are kept.
The last of our kids has finally flown the coop so we have the whole house to ourselves. fly the coop
Escape, run away, as in After years of fighting with my mother, my father finally flew the coop. This term originally meant "escape from jail," known as the coop in underworld slang since the late 1700s. [Late 1800s]
fly the coop
tv. to escape from somewhere; to get away. I was afraid he would fly the coop if I didn’t tie him up.