fly at

phrase

: to assail suddenly and violently

He flew at me in a rage.

Examples of fly at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 12 Rassvet satellites currently flying at 300 miles are lined up in a formation to bring them over Ukraine twice per day for communication windows of up to 90 minutes. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

Like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9, the Pallas-1 features a reusable first stage, which Galactic Energy says is designed to fly at 25 times. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Flags at Idaho state buildings will be flown at half-staff through much of next week after two separate orders to honor people who died in recent days. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2026

Flags are now flying at half-staff at Buckingham Palace, Clarence House, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fly at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat