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let fly

idiom

To strike or release a projectile with great force.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    buy to let

    To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

  2. 02

    don't let the door hit you on the way out

    Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

  3. 03

    fly blind

    To do by guesswork; to feel one's way.

  4. 04

    fly by

    To pass or go past quickly, often without much interaction

  5. 05

    fly by the seat of one's pants

    To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.

  6. 06

    fly in the face of

    To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict.

  7. 07

    fly in the ointment

    Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.

  8. 08

    fly low

    To have one's fly (zipper) undone.

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