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travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked alert display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N." pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" fly a plane travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" cause to fly or float; "fly a kite" travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place" (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying" transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" hit a fly change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage" fisherman''s lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth two-winged insects characterized by active flight decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
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