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fly a kite

fly a kite verb: to raise money on commercial notes; to obtain money as by accommodation bills, the endorser having no actual money.

Verb

fly a kite (third-person singular simple present flies a kite, present participle flying a kite, simple past flew a kite, past participle flown a kite)

  1. (archaic, slang) To raise money on commercial notes; to obtain money as by accommodation bills, the endorser having no actual money.
  2. Synonym of go fly a kite.
    Synonyms:
    go fly a kite
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, kite.
    • The children flew a kite in the park.

fly a kite meaning in Tamil and Kannada

fly a kite in Kannada

ಮೋಸಮಾಡು, ಲಂಚದಿಂದ ಹಣ ಗಳಿಸು, ದಗಾ ಹಾಕು

Synonyms of fly a kite

Forms of fly a kite

third-person singular presentflies a kite
present participleflying a kite
pastflew a kite
past participleflown a kite
alternative formfly the kite

Questions about fly a kite

What does fly a kite mean?
Fly a kite means to raise money on commercial notes; to obtain money as by accommodation bills, the endorser having no actual money.
What is fly a kite in Tamil?
Fly a kite in Tamil is கொ. See Fly a kite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fly a kite?
Fly a kite is a verb.
What is the past tense of fly a kite?
The past tense of fly a kite is flew a kite.

Words near fly a kite in the dictionary

  1. fluxy
  2. fluyt
  3. fluyts
  4. fly
  5. fly a desk
  6. fly a kite
  7. fly agaric
  8. fly agarics
  9. fly amanita
  10. fly amanitas
  11. fly and flop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fly a kite (page history and authors); fly a kite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fly a kite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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