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flies
verb as in take to the air, usually employing wings
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verb as in run or pass swiftly
verb as in escape, flee
Example Sentences
Karen's body was kept in a cupboard for four days before they returned to bury her - which was the timeframe in which flies were able to lay their eggs.
Before too long, players started dropping like flies.
Its drill sergeants are on Cam and the rest of his new platoon like flies on dung from the moment they wake until they go to sleep.
Airbus says its aim is to reduce fatigue by building cockpit features that would allow pilots to rest while one of them flies during certain phases of cruise, the high-altitude portion of flight.
Related: ‘This flies in the face of my morals and ethics’: My father cut my sisters out of his six-figure estate.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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