put to flight

成語所屬單字flight

put to flight — 慣用語

1. to defeat someone completely and force them to run away

1.慣用語
釋義

使潰逃;擊退

to defeat someone completely and force them to run away

例句

The small army put the invaders to flight with a surprise attack at dawn.

Kwame's confident argument put all his critics to flight during the debate.