"fly low" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fly low.ogg Forms: flies low [present, singular, third-person], flying low [participle, present], flew low [past], flown low [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> low}} fly low (third-person singular simple present flies low, present participle flying low, simple past flew low, past participle flown low)
  1. (idiomatic) To have one's fly (zipper) undone. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: fly without a licence Translations (to have one's fly undone): hevoset karkaa [phrase] (Finnish), avere la bottega aperta (Italian), att gå på tjejkalas (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fly_low-en-verb-AHy~-0EW Disambiguation of "to have one's fly undone": 92 8
  2. (idiomatic) To fly under the radar; to act in a discreet or sneaky fashion. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fly_low-en-verb-OXavztd4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 92

Inflected forms

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    },
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        "To have one's fly (zipper) undone."
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        "(idiomatic) To have one's fly (zipper) undone."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "59 41",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "hevoset karkaa"
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          "word": "avere la bottega aperta"
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        "To fly under the radar; to act in a discreet or sneaky fashion."
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        "(idiomatic) To fly under the radar; to act in a discreet or sneaky fashion."
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        "To have one's fly (zipper) undone."
      ],
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          "fly",
          "fly"
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          "zipper",
          "zipper"
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      ],
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        "English idioms"
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          "sneaky",
          "sneaky"
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          "fashion",
          "fashion"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To fly under the radar; to act in a discreet or sneaky fashion."
      ],
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      "sense": "to have one's fly undone",
      "tags": [
        "phrase"
      ],
      "word": "hevoset karkaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to have one's fly undone",
      "word": "avere la bottega aperta"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to have one's fly undone",
      "word": "att gå på tjejkalas"
    }
  ],
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}

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