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let fly

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let fly (something)
to start shouting angrily (sometimes + at ) I was so angry I let fly at them as soon as they came in. Gripping the arms of his chair, he let fly a barrage of offensive comments.
See also: fly, let

let fly (with) something also let something fly
1. to throw something or shoot something from a weapon Police officers let fly canisters of tear gas. The guy in the leather jacket was leaping over the counter when I let fly with a soda bottle.
2. to express yourself in a way that will excite or anger others If you disagree with the officials, it's bad form to let fly with four-letter words. When she got together with her friends, they would let fly all their innermost secrets.
See also: fly, let


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By this time his aunt Polly was all straight again, and she let fly.
On the cupola that surmounted the edifice was the gilded figure of an Indian chief, ready to let fly an arrow from his bow.
With the shield slipped well up on my left arm I let fly with another arrow, which brought down a second Sagoth, and then as his fellow's hatchet sped toward me I caught it upon the shield, and fitted another shaft for him; but he did not wait to receive it.
 
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