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Fly the coop

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Noun

an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
any small or narrow place.
Slang . a prison.
Sometimes Facetious . a cooperative, esp. the cooperative bookstore of a college or university.

Verb (used with object)

to place in or as if in a coop; confine narrowly (often fol. by up or in ).

Verb (used without object)

Slang . (of a police officer) to park and sleep inside one's patrol car while on duty. ?

Idiom

fly the coop
Informal . to run off; depart abruptly; escape
We stopped to see my sister, but she'd flown the coop.

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