"flying visit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-flying visit.ogg [Australia] Forms: flying visits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flying visit (plural flying visits)
  1. (idiomatic) A very short visit. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: whistle-stop Translations (very short visit): pikavierailu (Finnish), Stippvisite [feminine] (German), capatina [feminine] (Italian), mordi e fuggi (Italian), breve sosta (Italian), al volo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-flying_visit-en-noun-OMfLO6uD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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