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Meanings of flight of stairs in English

A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next.

Synonyms
Examples for "flight"
Examples for "flight"
1
That's three minutes longer than its New York-Sydney test flight last month.
The Irish Times
2
Their calls for a free flight home have led nowhere so far.
Reuters
3
They were later re-booked to continue on a different flight, she said.
Reuters
4
She started to worry about the long flight home later that week.
The Guardian
5
Of course, Apollo 13 was a real flight fraught with real problems.
Reuters
1
Ascend the long flight of steps and turn right at the top.
The Guardian
2
A flight of steps leads down from Abbey church to the road.
The Guardian
3
A flight of steps led to a lower part of the town.
A Time of Gifts
4
He shifted into leopard form halfway down the first flight of steps.
Last Blood
5
The flight of steps which leads to the entrance has many associations.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
Usage of flight of stairs in English
1
Reacher said, 'How fast can you run up a flight of stairs?'
61 hours
2
It curved to the right and met a short flight of stairs.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
3
He led me up the flight of stairs to the second floor.
Sister Mine
4
He continued across the lobby and up a short flight of stairs.
Transfer of power
5
The ensuing fight had sent them tumbling down a flight of stairs.
The Assassin’s Blade
6
Wednesday was panting as they went up the final flight of stairs.
American Gods
7
The colonel toilsomely climbed the one flight of stairs to his office.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
8
She was in a lightless building, climbing flight after flight of stairs.
The dog said bow-wow
9
Inside was a concrete landing and a flight of stairs going down.
The athena project: a thriller
10
I let myself out and walked down the single flight of stairs.
One for the money
11
Then I ascended again and went up the first flight of stairs.
The Stark Munro Letters / Being series of twelve letters written...
12
Something awkward and enormous dragged its way down a flight of stairs.
Valis
13
Inside was a flight of stairs that led down to a basement.
The Beast Within
14
He tiptoed away from the door and climbed another flight of stairs.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
15
He carried her down the ward and up a flight of stairs.
Lucia Rudini: Somewhere in Italy
16
We ascended a short flight of stairs and entered the music room.
Gossamer