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to let fly
  1. 1 to let fly, to make fly, to send flying, to blow off (e.g. in the wind), to launch, to fire, to hurl, to shoot
  2. 2 to skip over, to leave out, to omit, to drop (e.g. a stitch), to fast-forward
  3. 3 to run fast, to drive fast, to gallop
  4. 4 to spray, to splash, to spatter
  5. 5 to say without reservation, to call out (e.g. a jeer), to rattle off (e.g. a joke)
  6. 6 to spread (e.g. a rumour), to circulate, to send out (a message), to issue (e.g. an appeal)
  7. 7 to transfer (to a less important post), to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch), to demote
  8. 8 to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
  9. 9 to get rid of, to burn off (alcohol)
  10. 10 to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)
  11. 11 to do vigorously, to do roughly, to do energetically
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • We got our roof blown off in the typhoon.

    sense 1 · to let fly

  • He is going like the devil.

    sense 3 · to run fast

  • Jane skipped the questions she couldn't answer.

    sense 2 · to skip over

  • The roof was torn off by the gale.

    sense 1 · to let fly

  • The house was carried away by strong winds.

    sense 1 · to let fly

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