up and away

Fig.[of a bird or an airplane] up into the air and into flight. After a few seconds of speeding down the runway, our flight to Tucson was up and away. Just before the cat pounced on the sparrows, they were up and away and the cat was left with empty paws and jaws.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rodolfo	-	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Eustaquio	e-oo-STAH-kyo (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Marjo (1)	MAHR-yo	Finnish, Dutch
Tirta	TEER-tah	Indonesian
Myfanwy	-	Welsh
Aleksandra	ah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian