Home & living
fly the coop
leave home
To leave your family home and start living independently.
Hear it in real life
Are your daughters still living with you?
No, they both flew the coop a few years ago.
Our youngest son finally flew the coop and rented a flat near his office.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I moved out and flew the coops.
Say: I moved out and flew the coop.
The idiom keeps coop singular, even when talking about leaving home permanently.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
fly the coop; flew the coop
Your turn: say it out loud
Our youngest son finally flew the coop and rented a flat near his office.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
fly the coop
leave home
“Our youngest son finally flew the coop and rented a flat near his office.”
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