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Synonyms and Antonyms of flew
- the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly
- you must fly to safety immediately
avoided, eluded, evaded, lost, shunned
decamped, departed, eloped, exited, left, moved, pulled out, quit (also quitted), sallied (forth), shoved (off), took off, walked out, went
brought off, emancipated, enfranchised, freed, liberated, loosed, loosened, manumitted, redeemed, released, rescued, sprang (or sprung), unbound, uncaged, unchained, unfettered
- flew down the concourse to catch his flight
barreled (or barrelled), belted, blasted, blazed, blew, bolted, bombed [slang], bowled, breezed, bundled, bustled, buzzed, cannonballed, careened, careered, chased, coursed, cracked (on), dashed, drove, hared, hastened, hied, highballed, hotfooted (it), humped, hurled, hurried, hurtled, hustled, jetted, jumped, motored, nipped, pelted, raced, rammed, ran (also chiefly dialectal run), ripped, rocketed, rushed, rustled, scooted, scurried, scuttled, shot, sped (or speeded), stepped, tore, traveled (or travelled), trotted, whirled, whisked, zipped, zoomed
- no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police
bolted, broke, bugged out, fled, hightailed (it), ran (also chiefly dialectal run), ran away, ran off, retreated, skedaddled
absconded, cleared out, decamped, eloped, escaped, got (away), got out, lammed, lit (or lighted out), made off, mizzled [chiefly British], scarpered [British], scatted, scrammed, skipped (out), skirred
- the morning mist had flown, and a sparkling sea lay before us
dematerialized, disappeared, dissolved, evanesced, evaporated, faded, fled, melted, sank (or sunk), vanished
- the familiar "Because I said so!" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers
got through, played, took, went down, went over, went through, worked (or wrought)
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