Synonyms for flies

Grammar : Verb

Spell : flahy

Phonetic Transcription : flaɪ

Top 10 synonyms for flies

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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

Example sentences :

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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