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All let fly synonyms

let fly
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verb let fly

  • strike β€” to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • transmit β€” to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • knock β€” to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • bat β€” A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
  • knock out β€” to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • beat β€” If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
  • punch β€” the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
  • pop β€” point of presence
  • nail β€” a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
  • smack β€” Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
  • batter β€” If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
  • slap β€” a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
  • blast β€” A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
  • whack β€” to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
  • kick β€” to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
  • belt β€” A belt is a strip of leather or cloth that you fasten round your waist.
  • fling β€” to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
  • hasten β€” to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
  • trigger β€” a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
  • accelerate β€” If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
  • shoot β€” to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
  • relay β€” a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
  • grant β€” to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
  • post β€” power-on self-test
  • drop β€” a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • deliver β€” If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there.
  • address β€” Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
  • forward β€” toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • commit β€” If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
  • ship β€” a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
  • issue β€” the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
  • assign β€” If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
  • circulate β€” If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
  • murder β€” Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
  • hit β€” to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • kill β€” to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • open fire β€” start shooting
  • thrust β€” to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
  • force β€” physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
  • shove β€” to move along by force from behind; push.
  • drive β€” to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • flip β€” to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
  • start β€” to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
  • lift β€” to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
  • push β€” to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • put β€” to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • bunt β€” In baseball, if you bunt or if you bunt the ball, you deliberately hit the ball softly, in order to gain an advantage.
  • lob β€” Tennis. to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
  • jerk β€” to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically.
  • dump β€” to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
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