fly up
fly up · flies up · flew up · flown up · flying up
To ascend rapidlyTo ascend rapidly
» A bird was flying high up in the sky.
Ein Vogel flog hoch in der Luft. — Wolf
Высоко в небе летела птица. — Ooneykcall
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1 sensesTo ascend rapidly
Examples
12 sentencesA bird was flying high up in the sky.
ruВысоко в небе летела птица. — Ooneykcall
deEin Vogel flog hoch in der Luft. — Wolf
However high we can fly, we end up going down again.
Sami's car flew up in the air.
The bird flew up into the blue sky.
A bird flew high up in the sky.
Forms
flies up, flying up, flew up, flown upPhrasal 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.