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Fly out

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of flying out.

    "A fly out was recorded on the scorecard."

Verb
  1. 1
    To travel by airplane to a destination. intransitive

    "I'm going to fly out to see you."

  2. 2
    To have someone travel rapidly to a destination on an airplane. transitive

    "flew him out to New York"

  3. 3
    To take off from an airfield.

    "Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival."

  4. 4
    To rapidly emerge. intransitive

    "Pieces flew out in all directions."

  5. 5
    To become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught. intransitive

    "Jones flied out to right field."

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  1. 6
    To fly into a rage; to become very angry. intransitive

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