fly
verb
uk/flaɪ/ usflew | flown [ I ] TRANSPORT
to travel in an aircraft:
How long does it take to fly from Heathrow to Los Angeles?
fly out of/into somewhere More and more business executives are flying out of the state's commercial airports.
fly business class/economy/standby They flew business class to Johannesburg overnight.
[ T + adv/prep ] TRANSPORT
to transport people or goods by aircraft:
Oil workers are flown by helicopter to the rigs.
[ I ] informal
to be successful or popular:
We're hoping the new brand name will fly.
fly a kite
to make a suggestion in order to get the reaction of others to it:
In my opinion he is flying a kite that would destroy the private enterprise system.
Phrasal verbs
fly in
fly out