flies

1. see as the crow flies; drop like flies; no flies on someone; time flies. Also see under fly.

Example Sentences

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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Finally, in the foreground, an eagle flies across a rock’s shadow and, on the left, a cactus.

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California health officials warn that the New World Screwworm could arrive in California from an infested traveler or animal, or from the natural travel of the parasitic flies.

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It also flies in the face of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ guidance on abortion care.

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Other familiar model organisms include mice, fruit flies and baker's yeast.

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Related Words

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• cross 
• drift 
• float 
• flutter 
• glide 
• operate 
• pilot 
• reach 
• rush 
• sail 
• shoot 
• speed 
• swoop 
• take off 
• travel