"fly a kite" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-fly a kite.ogg [Australia] Forms: flies a kite [present, singular, third-person], flying a kite [participle, present], flew a kite [past], flown a kite [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> a kite}} fly a kite (third-person singular simple present flies a kite, present participle flying a kite, simple past flew a kite, past participle flown a kite)
  1. (slang, archaic) To raise money on commercial notes; to obtain money as by accommodation bills, the endorser having no actual money. Tags: archaic, slang Synonyms (raise money): fly the kite
    Sense id: en-fly_a_kite-en-verb-gsPzpjEr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 30 3 Disambiguation of 'raise money': 100 0 0
  2. Synonym of go fly a kite. Synonyms: go fly a kite [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fly_a_kite-en-verb-q9fOp82Z
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, kite.
    Sense id: en-fly_a_kite-en-verb-zdvyAyBx

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