flies

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

Example Sentences

“It’s nearly silent when it flies over an urban environment because it’s below the background noise.”

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That flies in the face of the traditional advice to delay Social Security as long as possible, until age 70 if you can.

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It also has a camera that flies—literally, in some instances, when the handheld camera is transferred to a drone and the perspective goes airborne.

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In one jaw-dropping shot, a skinny plane flies on its side through a thick birch forest.

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This backsliding flies in the face of how much progress has been made to stop people from dying needlessly.

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Related Words

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