fly to (someone or something)
1. To travel to a particular place or destination by plane. I'm flying to Boston this weekend for a wedding. How long do you think will it take me to fly to Chicago from Dallas? I'm actually going to fly to my parents' house for the holidays.
2. To rush to someone or something. My daughter isn't thrilled that I've gone back to work—she flies to me the minute I get home. I'm so behind on my term paper that I'm going to fly to the library the minute it opens tomorrow. As soon as I got home, the kids flew to me to settle some ridiculous argument.
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fly to someone or something
to go to someone or something quickly and eagerly; to flee to someone or something. She flew to his arms as he got off the boat. Harry flew to Gloria and hugged her tight.
fly to something
to go to something or some place by air. After Miami, we fly to Chicago. Let's fly to Paris for lunch.
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