(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual. || (sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. || (transitive) To flee, to escape (from). || (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like. || (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out. || (intransitive) To travel very fast. || To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly. || To hunt with a hawk. || (transitive) To display a flag on a flagpole.
Get a county road map, and spend as much time as you can driving the backroads, watching where ducks fly.
She commissioned the state helicopter to fly her home when she learned that her baby had a medical emergency.
Planes burn less fuel at higher altitudes, so pilots often fly at higher altitudes on long flights.
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‘he took a flying kick at a policeman’
