Take flight is an idiom that means to leave quickly, often in a hurry. The crossword solutions for this term are FLEE (4 letters), BOLT (4 letters), LAM (3 letters), RUN (3 letters), SOAR (4 letters), AVIATE (6 letters), TURNTAIL (8 letters), and GOONTHELAM (10 letters). All of these words describe different ways of quickly leaving a place, such as fleeing, bolting, running, soaring, aviating, turning tail, and going on the LAM.