Dictionary

fly out en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An instance of flying out.
   • A fly out was recorded on the scorecard.

Forms

fly out en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To travel by airplane to a destination.
   • I'm going to fly out to see you.
2. (transitive) To have someone travel rapidly to a destination on an airplane.
   • flew him out to New York
3. (of an aircraft) To take off from an airfield.
   • Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233:
4. (intransitive) To rapidly emerge.
   • Pieces flew out in all directions.
5. (intransitive) To become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught.
   • Jones flied out to right field.
6. (intransitive) To fly into a rage; to become very angry.

Forms

Coordinates

throw out · tag out · foul out · pitch out · ground out