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fly around

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fly around
to soar or float aloft randomly. There were insects flying around everywhere. Planes flew around all day and all night, making it hard to sleep.
See also: around, fly

fly around someone or something

to soar or float in the air near someone or something. We saw seven helicopters flying around the stadium. A bunch of mosquitoes flew around me.
See also: around, fly


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Everybody knows they're a pass-rushing defense, smaller guys that love to fly around and they definitely fly around, create havoc.
That creates a really nice contrast to the white seagulls that fly around here constantly during and after games, so they show up really well -- and so does, say, any white substance that happens to fall from one of those seagulls.
When air traffic controllers realized the planes' flight paths intersected and the jets were about to collide, they ordered the Learjet to abort its landing and fly around the airport again.
 
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