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fly — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absquatulate verb To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.
  • bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  • escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  • flee verb To run away from danger or a threatening situation.
  • fly noun A small flying insect, especially the common housefly.

Senses

fly is used for these senses in English:

  • absquatulate (intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee. [from 19th c.]
  • bolt (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
  • escape (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
  • escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
  • fly (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).

bolt — full definition

  1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
  3. noun A flash of lightning.
  4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
  5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

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