let fly

1. Discharge a missile or fire a weapon; also, attack verbally. For example, He let fly a rotten egg at the speaker, or They let fly some insults laced with four-letter words. The first usage dates from about a.d. 1000, the second from the late 1500s.

Example Sentences

A couple of questions later, after defending his crowd sizes, he let fly with this:

From Salon

Man almost replicated that effort as he worked his way into the area and let fly again, but his strike hit team-mate George Puscas and the visitors cleared.

From BBC

The teams traded unproductive possessions until Fiso found a crease above the left side of the three-point arc and let fly.

From Seattle Times

At one point, he stopped a drill mid-session, had the players gather around him and let fly with some choice verbiage.

From Seattle Times

Holding his bow with his right foot and pulling back its string with a tiny hook tucked under his chin, Matt Stutzman let fly.

From Washington Times

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