take to the sky/skies

idiom

chiefly US

: to begin flying

The new airliner will take to the skies next year.

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Also, with Air Force One at LAX, there are additional flight restrictions in the area as super scoopers and others need to take to the sky to attack the fires. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025 More than 119 million travelers are expected to take to the skies and hit the roads for the December end-of-year holidays, capping a record-setting season. —

Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2024 Snow or no, travelers were expected to take to the skies in the millions Friday ahead of Christmas and Hanukkah, the Transportation Security Administration said. —

Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024 Float on your back in the warm waters of Palawan while millions of bats take to the sky, or drink tea on the floor with the Yazidi in Iraq, and the cup that holds all that is possible in your life suddenly can hold a little more. —

Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take to the sky/skies

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