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- a flying attempt at finishing the work
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- that car was flying as it careened down the streets
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- at speed
- [chiefly British]
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flying
nounSynonyms of flying (Entry 2 of 3)
- had never had the slightest fear of flying
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flying
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of flying (Entry 3 of 3)
- the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly
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- you must fly to safety immediately
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- flew down the concourse to catch his flight
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- barreling
- (or barrelling),
- belting,
- blasting,
- blazing,
- blowing,
- bolting,
- bombing
- [slang],
- bowling,
- breezing,
- bundling,
- bustling,
- buzzing,
- cannonballing,
- careening,
- careering,
- chasing,
- coursing,
- cracking (on),
- dashing,
- driving,
- haring,
- hastening,
- highballing,
- hotfooting (it),
- humping,
- hurling,
- hurrying,
- hurtling,
- hustling,
- hying
- (or hieing),
- jetting,
- jumping,
- motoring,
- nipping,
- pelting,
- racing,
- ramming,
- ripping,
- rocketing,
- running,
- rushing,
- rustling,
- scooting,
- scurrying,
- scuttling,
- shooting,
- speeding,
- stepping,
- tearing,
- traveling
- (or travelling),
- trotting,
- whirling,
- whisking,
- zipping,
- zooming
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- no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police
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- absconding,
- clearing out,
- decamping,
- eloping,
- escaping,
- getting (away),
- getting out,
- lamming,
- lighting out,
- making off,
- mizzling
- [chiefly British],
- scarpering
- [British],
- scatting,
- scramming,
- skipping (out),
- skirring
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- the morning mist had flown, and a sparkling sea lay before us
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- the familiar "Because I said so!" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers
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“Flying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flying. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.
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