flutter down

flutter down

To fall or move slowly or gently downward through the air. The papers slipped out of my hand and fluttered down to the ground. We sat at the fire pit and sipped apple cider as we watched the fall leaves flutter down from the trees. A feather just fluttered down from the sky, but I don't see any birds around.

See also: down, flutter

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flutter down

[for flying or falling things] to flap or float downward. The butterflies fluttered down onto the flowers. The leaves fluttered down from the trees when the breeze blew.

See also: down, flutter

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.