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flying out

flying out is the present participle and gerund of fly out.

Meaning of fly out

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)

  1. (intransitive) To travel by airplane to a destination.
    • I'm going to fly out to see you.
  2. (transitive) To have someone travel rapidly to a destination on an airplane.
    • flew him out to New York
  3. 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
  4. (intransitive) To rapidly emerge.
    • Pieces flew out in all directions.
  5. (intransitive) To become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught.
    • Jones flied out to right field.
  6. (intransitive) To fly into a rage; to become very angry.

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Questions about flying out

What is flying out the present participle and gerund of?
Flying out is the present participle and gerund of fly out.

Words near flying out in the dictionary

  1. flying off the handle
  2. flying off the shelves
  3. flying officer
  4. flying officers
  5. flying ointment
  6. flying out
  7. flying out of the traps
  8. flying parties
  9. flying party
  10. flying phalanger
  11. flying phalangers

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