send flying

Idioms  

1. Cause to be knocked or scattered about, as in She bumped into the table and sent all the papers flying. This somewhat hyperbolic idiom was first recorded in 1789.

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send flying

And most people who carry guns also carry bullets for those guns, as bullets are the primary projectile that guns send flying through the air.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2026

Masks actually do stop the particles that we send flying through the air when we talk, and the virus that rides them.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2020

The Air Force will send flying laboratories into each hurricane.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tight little ball had at any rate rolled away from her for ever—quite like one of the other balls that Ida's cue used to send flying.

From What Maisie Knew by James, Henry

And, at the sight, the crowd, French and English alike, set up a shout, though as yet neither knew the message she would soon send flying from her halyards.

From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton