Fly+off

  • 41fly-in community — n. A housing development situated near an airport that enables homeowners to taxi their planes to their homes and park them there. Example Citations: On days when 51 year old Bob DeLoach feels like visiting his parents in Atlanta, he just strolls …

    New words

  • 42fly — [[t]fla͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ flies, flying, flew, flown 1) N COUNT A fly is a small insect with two wings. There are many kinds of flies, and the most common are black in colour. 2) VERB When something such as a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves… …

    English dictionary

  • 43fly — I UK [flaɪ] / US verb Word forms fly : present tense I/you/we/they fly he/she/it flies present participle flying past tense flew UK [fluː] / US [flu] past participle flown UK [fləʊn] / US [floʊn] *** 1) [intransitive] to travel by plane Sometimes …

    English dictionary

  • 44fly — I [[t]flaɪ[/t]] v. flew, for11, 19, flied, flown, fly•ing, 1) to move through the air using wings 2) to be carried through the air or through space by any force or agency 3) to float or flutter in the air: flags flying in the breeze[/ex] 4) aer.… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 45fly — {{11}}fly (adj.) slang, clever, alert, wide awake, late 18c., perhaps from FLY (Cf. fly) (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 46fly — fly1 verb (flies, flying; past flew; past participle flown) 1》 (of a winged creature or aircraft) move through the air under control.     ↘control the flight of (an aircraft). 2》 move or be hurled quickly through the air.     ↘Baseball hit a ball …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 47fly into a rage — See: fly off the handle …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 48off the handle — See: FLY OFF THE HANDLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 49off the handle — See: FLY OFF THE HANDLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 50off\ the\ handle — See: fly off the handle …

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