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fly at |
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fly at someone or something to attack someone or something suddenly and violently. The angry bird flew at its attacker. She flew at him, threatening to scratch his eyes out. See also: fly How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But then she said indulgently that humans were always more clumsy and slow than Eggs and most of them never seemed really to learn to fly at all. I reckoned Tom would fly at his aunt and hug her head off; but if you believe me he set there like a rock, and never said a word. When Jos heard that dreadful sound, he made up his mind that he would bear this perpetual recurrence of terrors no longer, and would fly at once. |
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