Asked about theologian, the French take flight (9)
I believe the answer is:
skedaddle
'take flight' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'asked about theologian the french' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'theologian' becomes 'dd' (Doctor of Divinity degree).
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'asked' is an anagram of 'skeda'.
'skeda'+'dd'+'le'='SKEDADDLE'
(Other definitions for skedaddle that I've seen before include "run away" , "Depart hurriedly" , "In slang, go away quickly, scoot" , "Scarper" , "bolt" .)