fly-drive

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adjective, adverb

describing a type of package-deal holiday in which the price includes outward and return flights and car hire while away

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Words nearby fly-drive

fly-by-night, fly-by-wire, fly-cast, fly casting, flycatcher, fly-drive, flyer, fly-fish, fly-fishing, fly, flying, fly front

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How to use fly-drive in a sentence

Andrew still plans to fly to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, representing the British government.
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After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
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He used to drive her to school once he came home from the Marines.
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The hope was that greater transparency about performance would drive results.
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You would only see it for a second, but it would drive you forward.
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Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Wordsworth has illustrated how an unwise and importunate demand for a reason from a child may drive him into invention.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
If they will come to our villages and drive us out a hundred at a time, what would they do to one man alone?
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Aristide darted off like a dragon-fly in the sunshine, as happy as a child with a new toy.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke