Advertisement
Advertisement
fly at
Idioms and Phrases
Attack fiercely, assault. For example, The dogs flew at each other's throats . [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
The junta called for flags to fly at half mast, media broadcasts to be halted and asked people to pay their respects.
They fly at a much higher speed and so are harder to intercept.
The sorts of missiles that would attack the United States would fly at a range of 6,000 miles, traveling at 10 times the speed of sound.
The poor owl carried so much symbolic weight that it was a miracle he could fly at all.
The solemnity echoing the national mood as flags fly at half-mast.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse