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  • 11fly out of the traps — verb to start quickly …

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  • 12Fly — (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. {Flew} (fl[=u]); p. p. {Flown} (fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flying}.] [OE. fleen, fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle[ o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve, Goth. us… …

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  • 13fly — fly1 [flī] vi. FLEW or, for vi. 10, flied, flown or, for vi. 10, flied, flying, flew [ME flien, flegen < OE fleogan, akin to MDu vlegen, Ger fliegen < IE * pleuk < base * pleu : see FLOW] 1. to move through the air; specif., a) …

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  • 14fly — [flaɪ] verb flew PASTTENSE [fluː] flown PASTPART [fləʊn ǁ floʊn] 1. [intransitive] TRAVEL to travel by plane: • From Belfast, British Airways Cargo flies to London Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow …

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  • 15out — [out] adv. [ME < OE ut, akin to ON út, Ger aus < IE base * ud , up, up away > Sans úd , L us(que)] 1. a) away from, forth from, or removed from a place, position, or situation [they live ten miles out] b) away from home [to go out for… …

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  • 16Out — (out), n. 1. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; generally in the plural. [1913 Webster] 2. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; chiefly used in the …

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  • 17fly — fly1 flyable, adj. flyability, n. /fluy/, v., flew or, for 11, 19, flied, flown, flying, n., pl. flies. v.i. 1. to move through the air using wings …

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  • 18fly — I n. 1) to swat a fly 2) a fruit; tsetse fly II v. 1)(D; intr.) to fly across, overdo fly across the ocean) 2) (d; intr.) to fly at ( to attack ) 3) (D; intr., tr.) ( to travel by plane ) ( to pilot ) to fly from; to (she flew from New York to… …

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  • 19fly — fly1 [ flaı ] (past tense flew [ flu ] ; past participle flown [ floun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move with wings ▸ 2 go by/use airplane ▸ 3 move fast (through air) ▸ 4 about time ▸ 5 about flag/kite ▸ 6 be blown around in wind ▸ 7 about ideas/opinions ▸ 8 …

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  • 20Out (baseball) — A 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card illustrating a baserunner being tagged out at third base. In baseball, an out occurs when the defensive, or fielding, team effects any of a number of different events, and the umpire rules a batter or …

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