Base verb
Phrasal verbs with fly
The verb fly combines with 3 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
3 phrasal verbs · 4 meanings
fly away
1 sense- Depart by air or rapidly
fly back
1 sense- Return by air
fly by
2 senses- Travel past quickly through the air
- Of time, pass extremely quickly
Practice the fly family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of fly with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.