Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fly out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: fly- out
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To travel by airplane to a destination.

Intransitive verb

verb

To have someone travel rapidly to a destination on an airplane.

Transitive verb

verb

To take off from an airfield.

verb

To rapidly emerge.

Intransitive verb

verb

To become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught.

Intransitive verb

verb

To fly into a rage; to become very angry.

Intransitive verb

noun

An instance of flying out.

Example Sentences

"I'm going to fly out to see you."
"flew him out to New York"
"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."
"Pieces flew out in all directions."
"Jones flied out to right field."
"A fly out was recorded on the scorecard."

Usage

Inflected Forms

flies out (present, singular) flying out (participle, present) flew out (past) flied out (past) flown out (participle, past) flied out (participle, past) fly outs (plural) flyout (alternative) fly-out (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

pitch out foul out ground out throw out tag out

Questions

What does fly out mean?: To travel by airplane to a destination.

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