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let fly

VERB
  1. fire as from a gun
    The soldiers let drive their bullets

How To Use let fly In A Sentence

  • She let fly with a stream of abuse.
  • Again, in place of the long reed spear, which is apt to be weak and awkward to carry, we would substitute two darts of cornel-wood; 167 the one of which the skilful horseman can let fly, and still ply the one reserved in all directions, forwards, backwards,168 and obliquely; add to that, these smaller weapons are not only stronger than the spear but far more manageable. On Horsemanship
  • He let fly at me with his fist.
  • A word spoken is an arrow let fly
  • They are both the sort to let fly easily and not bear grudges or harbour resentment. The Sun
  • Leeds' Robert Snodgrass has let fly with what can only accurately be described as a 'snorter' BBC News - Home
  • Furious at his deceit, she let fly at him with a stream of abuse.
  • Immediately (and ere I might shoot again) his fellows dragged him down, and lying prone on their bellies let fly wildly in my direction with petronel and musquetoon. Black Bartlemy's Treasure
  • The prisoner let fly with a torrent of abuse.
  • They let fly a shower of arrows.
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