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1. Chiefly British Mentally alert; sharp.

2. Slang Fashionable; stylish.

1. fly high To be elated: They were flying high after their first child was born.

2. fly off the handle Informal To become suddenly enraged: flew off the handle when the train was finally canceled.

3. let fly To shoot, hurl, or release: The troops let fly a volley of gunfire.

4. let fly To lash out; assault: The mayor let fly with an angry attack on her critics.

5. on the fly On the run; in a hurry: took lunch on the fly.

6. on the fly While in the air; in flight: caught the ball on the fly.

7. fly in the ointment A detrimental circumstance or detail; a drawback.

1. The act of flying; flight.

2. A fold of cloth that covers a fastening of a garment, especially one on the front of trousers.

3. The fastening or opening covered by such a fold.

4. A flap that covers an entrance or forms a rooflike extension for a tent or the canopy of a vehicle.

5. A flyleaf.

6. Baseball A fly ball.

7. The span of a flag from the staff to the outer edge.

8. The outer edge of a flag.

9. A flywheel.

10. The area directly over the stage of a theater, containing overhead lights, drop curtains, and equipment for raising and lowering sets.

11. Chiefly British A one-horse carriage, especially one for hire.

12. Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially any of the family Muscidae, which includes the housefly.

13. Any of various other flying insects, such as the caddis fly.

14. A fishing lure simulating a fly, made by attaching materials such as feathers, tinsel, and colored thread to a fishhook.

1. To engage in flight, especially:

2. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.

3. To travel by air: We flew to Dallas.

4. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

5. To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind: a kite flying above the playground.

6. To float or flap in the air: pennants flying from the masthead.

7. To move or be sent through the air with great speed: bullets flying in every direction; a plate that flew from my hands when I stumbled.

8. To move with great speed; rush or dart: The children flew down the hall. Rumors were flying during their absence.

9. To flee; escape.

10. To pass by swiftly: a vacation flying by; youth that is soon flown.

11. To be dissipated; vanish: Their small inheritance was quickly flown.

12. Baseball To hit a fly ball.

13. To undergo an explosive reaction; burst: The dropped plate flew into pieces. The motorist flew into a rage.

14. Informal To gain acceptance or approval; go over: "However sophisticated the reasoning, this particular notion may not fly” ( New York Times).

1. To cause to fly or float in the air: fly a kite; fly a flag.

2. Nautical To operate under (a particular flag): a tanker that flies the Liberian flag.

3. To pilot (an aircraft or a spacecraft).

4. To carry or transport in an aircraft or a spacecraft: fly emergency supplies to a stricken area.

5. To pass over or through in flight: flew the coastal route in record time.

6. To perform in a spacecraft or an aircraft: flew six missions into space.

7. To flee or run from: fly a place in panic.

8. To avoid; shun: fly temptation.

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