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Phrase(s): up and away
Fig. [of a bird or an airplane] up into the air and into flight. • After a few seconds of speeding down the runway, our flight to Tucson was up and away. • Just before the cat pounced on the sparrows, they were up and away and the cat was left with empty paws and jaws.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs