to fly
- verb
- /flaɪ/
- I got a plane, we fly around and we do work.
- fly airplanes
- fly a plane
- pilots fly planes
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Watch on YouTubeI know that some people when they fly, wear compression socks.
- I know that some people when they fly, wear compression socks.
- They took planes there and Iran flew them to Damascus.
- So like they flew, Air France would fly in daily there.
- We spent the money to fly out there to get the hotel.
- If they cared about me, they would fly to Los Angeles and see me.
- I got a plane, we fly around and we do work.
- So they're like, we could fly you to Atlanta.
- And when I spoke here last year, they flew me here business class.
- Like I even, I flew first class about a month ago.
- And I teach my son to fly a plane so we can travel the world.
Examples
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We were supposed to fly from Atlanta to New York.
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From there, I flew home to Oregon.
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We spent the money to fly out there to get the hotel.
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You know, I want you to, I want to fly first class.
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Let's go to the bank first thing in the morning and fly out to Chicago.
Fiction book (1990) -
And when I spoke here last year, they flew me here business class.
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If they cared about me, they would fly to Los Angeles and see me.
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And I got to fly first class on Lufthansa.
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After teaching a class in Seville, I fly to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Academic text (2008) -
We were supposed to fly from Atlanta to New York this weekend.
Synonyms
To fly a plane or steer a ship
To move people or supplies by plane when other transport is not possible
To fly a plane or other aircraft
Send goods by plane
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Someone does not understand an idea because it is too hard for them
- Specialized
To pilot an airplane by looking at places on the ground rather than instruments
Compounds
- Offensive
Not reliable and likely to disappear quickly, often for dishonest reasons
A small bright green beetle from southern Europe that makes a liquid causing blisters
- Jargon
A caught fly ball that lets a player on base score while it puts the batter out
- South African
A large African fly that bites people and animals and causes sleeping sickness
A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds
- Specialized
The use of a special rod and line to throw a small fake fly into water to catch fish
A poisonous mushroom with a bright red cap covered in white dots that grows in forests
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew work with ropes and equipment
- Specialized
A winged insect that lives near streams and whose young live under stones in water
A small delicate insect with thin net-like wings whose young eat garden pests like aphids
A small insect with wings like a moth whose larvae live in water and build cases from sand and plants
A long thin fly with very long legs that looks like a large mosquito but does not bite
- Specialized
A South American herb with blue and white flowers and a papery round fruit
- Jargon
A fishing lure with long wings that extend past the hook to look like a small fish
An insect that eats insects, with a long beak and antennae, whose males have a curved tail like a scorpion
- Specialized
A hairy fly like a bee whose young insects make lumps under the skin of cows
- Specialized
A large fast fly that catches other insects in the air and drinks their juices
- US
A pale green fly that gives off a bad smell and whose young eat insects that harm plants
- Specialized
A small open deck above the ship's control room for steering and a better view
A winged insect like a dragonfly whose young dig small cone-shaped pits in sand to trap ants and other insects
A small insect like a moth whose young live in water and build protective cases from stones and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from pebbles and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from sand and plants
- Specialized
A very small wasp that lays eggs in other insects' eggs or young and helps control pests
- Specialized
A fever people can catch from ticks, flies, or touching infected wild animals like rabbits
- Specialized
Large insect with a soft body and long jaws whose young live in water and are used as fishing bait
- Specialized
A North American bush with pale yellow flowers and berries eaten by birds
A small shrub with pairs of yellowish-white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
A North American bush that loses its leaves in winter and has upright stems and pale yellow flowers
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew use ropes to move scenery above it
A large tropical insect with bright colors and a long snout, once thought to give light
- Specialized
A slender insect with long legs that hangs from plants to catch other small insects
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Fly for using an airplane comes from the same old idea as flight meaning 'move through the air', so to fly a plane is to make it travel through the air.