fly-up

[ flahy-uhp ]

noun

1. a formal ceremony at which a girl leaves her Brownie troop, receives a pair of embroidered wings for her uniform, and becomes a member of an intermediate Girl Scout troop.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fly-up¹

Noun use of verb phrase fly up

Example Sentences

Skittles fly up behind him, a reminder of the reason Martin went to the store that night.

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In 1996, he persuaded Speaker Gingrich to fly up for a fundraiser and by 1999 he was working for Gingrich in Washington.

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Another version of the drone, however, can fly up to 45 straight hours, according to U.S. and Israeli officials.

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It's the fear it may fly up and strike her when she ain't looking that worries me, and it worried the Professor, too.

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She then told me hastily that she and Anina would fly up and seek him out.

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No person in the hall saw Edward Henry's hat fly up into the air and fall back on his head.

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She pounded with the handle, and the broom would fly up and down in the air, dropping dust into the pot where the potatoes were.

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When Carl came home, Dick was so much better that he had managed to fly up on his perch, and was eating seeds quite gayly.

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