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intransitive verb1 a: to move in or pass through the air with wings b: to move through the air or before the wind or through outer space c: to float, wave, or soar in the air <flags flying at half-mast>2 a: to take flight : flee b: to fade and disappear : vanish3 a: to move, pass, or spread quickly <rumors were flying> b: to be moved with sudden extreme emotion <flew into a rage> c: to seem to pass quickly <the time simply flew>4: to become expended or dissipated rapidly5: to operate or travel in an airplane or spacecraft6: to work successfully : win popular acceptance <knew…a pure human-rights approach would not fly
— Charles Brydon>transitive verb1 a: to cause to fly, float, or hang in the air <flying a kite> b: to operate (as a balloon, aircraft, rocket, or spacecraft) in flight c: to journey over or through by flying2 a: to flee or escape from b: avoid, shun3: to transport by aircraft or spacecraft
— fly at
: to assail suddenly and violently
— fly blind
: to fly an airplane solely by instruments
— fly high
: to be elated
— fly in the face of or fly in the teeth of
: to stand or act forthrightly or brazenly in defiance or contradiction of
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