fly in
To use a flying switch to switch train carsTo use a flying switch to switch train cars.
» Birds fly south in the winter.
Птицы летят на юг зимой. — corvard
Птахи взимку улітають на південь. — deniko
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2 senses(intransitive)To use a flying switch to switch train cars.
To land at an airfield.
Examples
204 sentencesBirds fly south in the winter.
Птахи взимку улітають на південь. — deniko
ruПтицы летят на юг зимой. — corvard
A bird was flying in the sky.
У небі летіла пташка. — aandrusiak
ruПтица летела в небе. — Lenin_1917
deEin Vogel flog am Himmel. — mayabe
Birds fly in the sky.
Птахи літають в небі. — deniko
ruПтицы летают в небе. — Hellerick
deVögel fliegen am Himmel. — Yorwba
I've never flown in an airplane.
Я ніколи не літав на літаку. — deniko
ruЯ никогда не летал на самолете. — odexed
deIch bin noch nie mit dem Flugzeug geflogen. — MUIRIEL
I've never flown in a plane.
Я ніколи не літав літаком. — deniko
ruЯ никогда не летал на самолете. — odexed
deIch bin noch nie mit dem Flugzeug geflogen. — MUIRIEL
Forms
flies in, flying in, flew in, flown inPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- fly byпройти, проходитиTo pass or go past quickly, often without much interaction
- fly upTo ascend rapidly
- fly offTo flee rapidly; to run away.
- fly outTo travel by airplane to a destination.
- fly inTo use a flying switch to switch train cars.
- fly intoTo erupt in an emotional outburst.
- fly apartTo break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.