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ON THE FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does on the fly mean? 

ON THE FLY (adverb)
  The adverb ON THE FLY has 2 senses:

1. while in motionplay

2. on the run or in a hurryplay

  Familiarity information: ON THE FLY used as an adverb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ON THE FLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

While in motion

Context example:

he caught the punt on the fly


Sense 2

Meaning:

On the run or in a hurry

Synonyms:

hurridly; on the fly

Context example:

she wrote those letters on the fly


 Context examples 


The material could enable a range of new applications from gripper arms for delicate or heavy objects to antennas that change frequencies on the fly.

(Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab, National Science Foundation)



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