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fly off

verb
  1. To flee rapidly; to run away. (intransitive)
  2. To be spurred into ranting, shouting or otherwise agitated speaking. (intransitive)
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Just as he was about to fly off, he made a buzzing noise, and inquired of the Bull if he would like him to go.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 89 · B2
Shortly after the nuptials, the Eagle said, “Fly off and bring me back the ostrich you promised me.” The Kite, soaring aloft into the air, brought back the shabbiest possible mouse, stinking from the length of time it had lain about the fields.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 98 · B2
It looks very funny, but it is so perfectly balanced a gait that you can fly off from it at any angle you please, and in dealing with snakes this is an advantage.
The Jungle Book, p. 71 · B2
Darzee, if you have a grain of sense you will fly off to the stables and pretend that your wing is broken, and let Nagaina chase you away to this bush.
The Jungle Book, p. 78 · B2

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