Synonyms for flies
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : flahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : flaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for flies Other synonyms for the word flies
- abscond
- aviate
- avoid
- barnstorm
- barrel
- bend the throttle
- bolt
- breeze
- buzz
- career
- circumnavigate
- clear
- clear out
- control
- cut and run
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- dive
- elapse
- flat-hat
- fleet
- flit
- get away
- go like the wind
- hasten
- hasten away
- hide
- hightail
- hop
- hover
- hurry
- hustle
- jet
- jet out
- jet over
- light out
- make a getaway
- make a quick exit
- make off
- maneuver
- mount
- operate
- pass
- pilot
- race
- reach
- remain aloft
- roll
- run
- run for it
- run from
- run its course
- rush
- sail
- scamper
- scoot
- scud
- seagull
- shoot
- skedaddle
- skim
- skip
- skirt
- sky out
- slip away
- soar
- speed
- sprint
- steal away
- swoop
- take a hop
- take flight
- take off
- take wing
- tear
- travel
- whisk
- whiz
- whoosh
- wing
- wing in
- withdraw
- zip
- zoom
Définition of flies
Origin :- slang, "clever, alert, wide awake," late 18c., perhaps from fly (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a reinvention.
- verb take to the air, usually employing wings
- verb run or pass swiftly
- verb escape, flee
- Then there was Bernard, who excommunicates the flies, and they drop dead.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- He's bewitched me so's I have to kill whole families of flies for him to eat.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- I can't keep the horse stan'in' here till he's all eat up with flies.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- The flies repeated the autumn-leaf effect, and returned to the rear peak.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- When Brown Alice is given her head she flies faster than the news.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She flies Dutch colours, but who can say whence she really comes?
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He said, "I am aweary, aweary, I wish these flies were dead."
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various
- "There's no flies to be had at this time of night, miss," he said, civilly enough.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- When the first spring storm comes he flies up to the clouds on the lightning.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- On their gauntleted hands they held hunting falcons as large as flies.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
Antonyms for flies
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