Fly out In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "fly out", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jenne Phuong calendar 2021-06-26 04:06

Meaning of Fly out

Fly out American phrasal verb

In the baseball sense, the simple past and past participle "flied out" are commonly used in order to avoid confusion with the other senses. For example, the sentence "Jones flew out to right field" could mean either that Jones hurried quickly to right field, or that Jones became out by hitting a fly ball to right field which was caught. On the other hand, "Jones flied out to right field" can only refer to a fly ball.

 If someone "flies out", he/she departs from a place, especially on an airplane 

I was waken up earlier than usual by a business call. One hour later, I flew out to Hanoi for an important meeting.

The peacock has already flown out of the unlocked cage.

In a baseball match, the batter hits the ball but still becomes out because the other team's player catches the ball before hitting the mark.
 

He was a skillful batter but he flied out right in the first half of the play. It was quite disappointing.

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1. If you take a vehicle for a ride, you go on a short, leisurely trip in that vehicle.

2. If you take someone for a ride, you try to cheat them in order get money from them.

3. If you take someone for a ride, you bring them to a place and kill them.

an 18 wheeler

A large trailer truck that has 18 wheels

Grammar and Usage of Fly out

Verb Forms

  • flew out
  • flies out
  • flying out
  • to fly out
  • flied out
  • flown out

The verb "fly" should be conjugated according to its tense. 

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