take to flight वाक्य

According to Cicero, ( " Verr . " v . 34 ) there was a port in the immediate neighborhood of the promontory to which he gives the name of Portus Pachyni ( modern Portopalo di Capo Passero ) : it was here that the fleet of Verres was stationed under his officer Cleomenes, when the news that a squadron of pirates was in the neighbouring Port of Ulysses ( Portus Odysseae ) caused that commander to take to flight with precipitation.
one of the most active and fleet young men is selected and disguised in a robe of buffalo skin . . . he places himself at a distance between a herd of buffalo and a precipice proper for the purpose; the other Indians now surround the herd on the back and flanks and at a signal agreed on all show themselves at the same time moving forward towards the buffalo; the disguised Indian or decoy has taken care to place himself sufficiently near the buffalo to be noticed by them when they take to flight and running before them they follow him in full speed to the precipice; the Indian ( decoy ) in the mean time has taken care to secure himself in some cranny in the cliff . . . the part of the decoy I am informed is extremely dangerous.