fly out
fly out verb: to travel by airplane to a destination.
Verb
fly out (third-person singular simple present flies out, present participle flying out, simple past flew out or (baseball) flied out, past participle flown out or (baseball) flied out)
- To travel by airplane to a destination.
- I'm going to fly out to see you.
- To have someone travel rapidly to a destination on an airplane.
- flew him out to New York
- 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.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233
- To rapidly emerge.
- Pieces flew out in all directions.
- To become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught.
- Jones flied out to right field.
- To fly into a rage; to become very angry.
Noun
fly out (plural fly outs)
- An instance of flying out.
- A fly out was recorded on the scorecard.
Forms of fly out
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | flies out |
| present participle | flying out |
| past | flew out |
| past | flied out |
| past participle | flown out |
| past participle | flied out |
| Noun | |
| plural | fly outs |
| alternative form | flyout |
| alternative form | fly-out |
Questions about fly out
- What does fly out mean?
- Fly out means to travel by airplane to a destination.
- What part of speech is fly out?
- Fly out can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of fly out?
- The past tense of fly out is flew out.
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