Synonyms for let fly
- accelerate
- expedite
- hasten
- trigger
- advance
- cast
- discharge
- dispatch
- fling
- further
- hurl
- launch
- press
- quicken
- throw
- bring on
- push forward
- send forth
- speed up
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Antonyms for let fly
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WORD ORIGIN
slang, "clever, alert, wide awake," late 18c., perhaps from fly (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a reinvention.
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verbstrike- KO
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- bash
- bat
- batter
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- belt
- blast
- blitz
- box
- brain
- buffet
- bump
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clout
- club
- crack
- cudgel
- cuff
- dab
- ding
- flail
- flax
- flog
- give a black eye
- hammer
- hook
- jab
- kick
- knock
- knock around
- knock out
- lace
- lambaste
- larrup
- lather
- let fly
- let have it
- lob
- nail
- pellet
- pelt
- percuss
- pop
- pound
- punch
- rap
- ride roughshod
- slap
- smack
- sock
- stone
- swat
- tap
- thrash
- thump
- thwack
- trash
- uppercut
- wallop
- whack
- whang
hurl
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