"fly upon" meaning in English

See fly upon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: flies upon [present, singular, third-person], flying upon [participle, present], flew upon [past], flown upon [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> upon}} fly upon (third-person singular simple present flies upon, present participle flying upon, simple past flew upon, past participle flown upon)
  1. To seize.
    Sense id: en-fly_upon-en-verb-ySgEsPLZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (upon) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (upon): 85 15
  2. To attack.
    Sense id: en-fly_upon-en-verb-IMtkAR5Z

Download JSON data for fly upon meaning in English (1.1kB)

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