B1🐺 Animals
Mettere le ali
To flee quickly; to run away at speed
Literal Translation
"To put on wings"
What it means
To flee quickly; to run away at speed
Example in context
"Quando ha visto la polizia ha messo le ali."
"When he saw the police he took off like a shot."
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