fly out

present singular third person flies out · participle present flying out · past flew out · past flied out · participle past flown out · participle past flied out

1. intransitiveTo travel by airplane to a destination.

   I'm going to fly out to see you.

2. transitiveTo have someone travel rapidly to a destination on an airplane.

   flew him out to New York

3. To take off from an airfield.

   Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233

4. intransitiveTo rapidly emerge.

   Pieces flew out in all directions.

5. intransitiveball gamesTo become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught.

   Jones flied out to right field.

6. intransitiveTo fly into a rage; to become very angry.

   1 more example

   Though the lion suffered the whole time from a fever, which kept him comparatively quiet, yet he was very surly and ready to fly out on the least provocation. Once when Noah did not bring him his dinner fast enough, the noble animal gave him such a blow with his paw that the patriarch was lame for the rest of his natural life.

   1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 145

plural fly outs · alternative flyout · alternative fly-out

1. ball gamesAn instance of flying out.

   A fly out was recorded on the scorecard.