"fly high" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flies high [present, singular, third-person], flying high [participle, present], flew high [past], flown high [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> high}} fly high (third-person singular simple present flies high, present participle flying high, simple past flew high, past participle flown high)
  1. To be elated; thrilled. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fly_high-en-verb-z2xkTc13
  2. To have achieved great success or prosperity. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fly_high-en-verb-5FHPqv4x
  3. To aim high. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fly_high-en-verb-kM9B08~- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 18 74 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 17 68 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 20 66 11
  4. Rest in peace. Tags: figuratively, intransitive Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-fly_high-en-verb-H6EFutxm Disambiguation of Death: 5 5 16 74 Categories (other): Pages using lite templates

Download JSON data for fly high meaning in English (2.3kB)

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