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LET FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does let fly mean?
• LET FLY (verb)
The verb LET FLY has 1 sense:
1. fire as from a gun
Familiarity information: LET FLY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fire as from a gun
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
Context example:
The soldiers let drive their bullets
Hypernyms (to "let fly" is one way to...):
discharge; fire (cause to go off)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
Holding his weight by his arms, and in mid-air doubling his body at the hips, he let fly with both feet.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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