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flying visit

flying visit noun: a very short visit.

Noun

flying visit (plural flying visits)

  1. (idiomatic) A very short visit.
    • My favorite novelist was on a flying visit to London last week for a book signing.
    • Rishi Sunak is not interested in the climate emergency – and everyone knows it. Forced to make a flying visit to Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.2022 November 7, “The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    whistle-stop

Synonyms of flying visit

Forms of flying visit

pluralflying visits

Questions about flying visit

What does flying visit mean?
Flying visit means a very short visit.
What part of speech is flying visit?
Flying visit is a noun.
What is the plural of flying visit?
The plural of flying visit is flying visits.

Words near flying visit in the dictionary

  1. flying toilets
  2. flying too close to the sun
  3. flying under the radar
  4. flying upon
  5. Flying V
  6. flying visit
  7. flying visits
  8. flying voter
  9. flying voters
  10. Flying Vs
  11. flying wedge

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