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Antonyms for catch flies
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kach-flahy |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætʃˌflaɪ |
Definition of catch flies
- As in distract : verb divert attention; confuse
- As in divert : verb take attention away
- But both of us know the proverb about what you catch flies with.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- Was it fair to catch flies on my Sunset on Arran before the paint was dry?
- Extract from : « Cats » by W. Gordon Stables
- Sometimes they let me out of the cage and I fly about the room and catch flies.
- Extract from : « Birds Illustrated by Color Photograph [January, 1897] » by Various
- Kizzie liked to perch on my finger and catch flies for his dinner.
- Extract from : « Adopting An Abandoned Farm » by Kate Sanborn
- Swallows wheeled in wide, descending spirals from mud villages under the cornices to catch flies.
- Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
- They sit on my breakfast tray and catch flies, and hang in a bunch by their tails, and reach out after my hand.
- Extract from : « Letters from the Cape » by Lady Duff Gordon
- Lizards crawl over the walls and ceilings, but they are harmless, and catch flies.
- Extract from : « Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas » by W. Hastings Macaulay
- The red-headed woodpecker has learned to catch flies like a common flycatcher.
- Extract from : « The Children's Book of Birds » by Olive Thorne Miller
- Sometimes he would sit on their hands or heads and catch flies for himself, which he soon did with great dexterity.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I » by Various
- Do you suppose that this is part of its necessary economy, and that a swallow could not catch flies unless it lived in a hole?
- Extract from : « Love's Meinie » by John Ruskin
Synonyms for catch flies
- abstract
- addle
- agitate
- amuse
- attract attention
- befuddle
- beguile
- bend the rules
- bewilder
- call away
- catch flies
- circumlocute
- confound
- derange
- detach
- deter
- detract
- disadvise
- discompose
- disconcert
- discourage
- disengage
- dissuade
- distract
- disturb
- divert
- draw away
- engross
- entertain
- fluster
- frenzy
- get around
- harass
- lead astray
- lead away
- madden
- mislead
- mix up
- occupy
- perplex
- puzzle
- send on a wild-goose chase
- sidetrack
- stall
- throw off
- torment
- trouble
- turn aside
- unbalance
- unhinge
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