1. All my children have flown the coop now.

2. He was never happy living at home with his parents, so as soon as possible he flew the coop and got his own place.

3. Plus it discourages funds that have already flown the coop from changing course and heading home again.

4. The Tomahawk cruise missile, born in 1972 and built here ever since, has flown the coop.

5. Then Deutschlandsender made their announcement yesterday that Hess had flown the coop and I think that clinched it for them.

6. They fly the coop before the police arrive .

7. Listen, parents of teenagers have many important jobs, and one of them is to embarrass their kids so it's easier for them to fly the coop when it's time.

8. Male birds feed their young in some species, but they forget about them once they fly the coop.

9. Popular wisdom has it that parents' relationships may suffer once their young fly the coop, because they feel they have lost their purpose in life.