fly without a licence

verb

To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone.

“How embarrassing. I didn't notice that I was flying without a licence.”

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Meanings

verbfly without a licence (third-person singular simple present flies without a licence, present participle flying without a licence, simple past flew without a licence, past participle flown without a licence)

present singular third person flies without a licence · participle present flying without a licence · past flew without a licence · participle past flown without a licence

  1. humorousinformalTo inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone.

    How embarrassing. I didn't notice that I was flying without a licence.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, without, a, license.
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