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the fur flies

the fur flies phrase: there is a vicious fight or disagreement.

Phrase

flies:fly

  1. There is a vicious fight or disagreement.

Questions about the fur flies

What does the fur flies mean?
The fur flies means there is a vicious fight or disagreement.
What part of speech is the fur flies?
The fur flies is a phrase.

Words near the fur flies in the dictionary

  1. the fuckola out of
  2. the full nine yards
  3. the full quid
  4. the full shilling
  5. the full ticket
  6. the fur flies
  7. the future is now
  8. The Game
  9. the game is not worth the candle
  10. the game is up
  11. The Gap

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