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lets fly

lets fly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let fly.

Meaning of let fly

Verb

let fly (third-person singular simple present lets fly, present participle letting fly, simple past and past participle let fly)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To strike or release a projectile with great force.
    • One evening when it was barely even dusk a sentry let fly at me from a distance of twenty yards; but he missed me by a yard—goodness knows how many times the Spanish standard of marksmanship has saved my life.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) To unleash an angry outburst.
    • She was furious and let fly at him with a string of obscenities.

Questions about lets fly

What is lets fly the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lets fly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let fly.

Words near lets fly in the dictionary

  1. lets bygones be bygones
  2. lets crazy stick its dick in you
  3. lets down
  4. lets drive
  5. lets fluffy off the chain
  6. lets fly
  7. lets go
  8. lets go and lets God
  9. lets in
  10. lets in on
  11. lets into

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