I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flag is flying (= a flag is shown on a pole )
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Flags were flying at half-mast because of the death of the Premier.
a flying insect
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Toads mainly eat small dark flying insects.
a flying start (= a very good start )
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The appeal got off to a flying start at the weekend when the group held a raffle.
a flying visit British English (= a very short visit )
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Timpson was due to pay a flying visit to London.
come running/flying/speeding etc
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Jess came flying round the corner and banged straight into me.
flying at an altitude
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We’re flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet.
flying buttress
flying debris
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She was hit by flying debris from the blast.
flying doctor
flying fish
flying fox
flying leap
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He threw a stick into the river and the dog went after it in a flying leap .
flying officer
flying picket
flying saucer
flying squad
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the head of Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad
flying tackle
knocked flying
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Garry answered the door only to be knocked flying as two policemen came rushing in.
passed with flying colours (= got very high marks )
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She passed with flying colours .
sparks...flying (= people were arguing angrily )
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The sparks were really flying at the meeting!
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
buttress
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Between the chapels radiate the forests of flying buttresses .
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Those at Canterbury are among the earliest datable flying buttresses .
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Moreover, in the building of the great Gothic cathedrals many new devices were introduced, including flying buttresses .
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It is an architectural cathedral, long and low on the exterior with geometrical traceried windows and simple flying buttresses .
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All are lofty with high vaults supported by flying buttress schemes.
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A flying buttress transmits thrust rather then resisting it.
colours
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And they now look set to promote more harmonious race relations in the community after passing with flying colours .
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Fortunately, like the other tests, the 31-year-old convent-educated beauty passed with flying colours .
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He would have passed it with flying colours .
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So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours .
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The Honey Thieves are a band who would graduate with flying colours from such a straight-forward system of appraisal.
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Now he's gone back to driving school in an effort to pass with flying colours .
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Before the setbacks, the new Lancias had passed their tests with flying colours .
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He did not seem the type, yet he passed his course at Achnacarry with flying colours .
fish
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Although flying fish leap out of the water they do not porpoise but glide, using their pectoral fins as aerodynamic surfaces.
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We rose early and sailed back among the flying fish to Kalkan.
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There were flying fish all around us, heading into shore.
insect
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Gregarious, flocks often hawking for flying insects and spiralling up to perform aerobatics.
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But flying insects have much more ancient enemies.
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Gnat and Mosquito larvae, including Bloodworms, can not be bred, as they are the young stages of flying insects .
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Such late flowering plants are an important source of nectar for late flying insects .
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It feeds upon flying insects and the tiny fish that inhabit the Aquasphere.
saucer
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On this particular occasion however, it is a nifty little flying saucer .
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If we can not accept flying saucers , we must at least accept floating plates.
start
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However, you also need to give yourself a flying start by stimulating the circulation through massage and natural herbal extracts.
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Racers, once the top team in Britain, will want a flying start to the season to reassert themselves.
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Video-Taped report follows Voice over Despite missing 7 first team regulars Gloucester got off to a flying start .
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David Currie gave Barnsley a flying start , scoring after 31 seconds, and Andy Rammell added their second.
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But this year it was Cairngorm, further east, which got off to the flying start .
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The appeal got off to a flying start at the weekend when the group held a jumble sale and raffle.
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It's given them a flying start ahead of their Japenese competitors, who until now were the traditional market leaders in electronics.
visit
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Its inventor looks like he's on a flying visit to the twentieth century.
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On another flying visit , Norbert Wollheim found that one of his charges was over the age limit.
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And during his flying visit to Belfast, Mr Grade took time out to chew the fat about the old days.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be bitten by the showbiz/travel/flying etc bug
be flying high
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The Rams are flying high after winning the Super Bowl.
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He was now on to the mid-irons and these were flying high and true.
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I was always happy to be flying high.
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Like the other Salomon executives, Massey was flying high in 1985 on the back of a series of record earning quarters.
go flying/laughing/rushing etc
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Any minute I expected the poor little madman to go flying in the night, dead.
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Bodies not strapped in by seat belts go flying.
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But shouldn't you try and find out some more about him before you go rushing off?
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It tripped on a book and almost went flying, but it just succeeded in remaining upright.
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So why had she gone rushing north from Lima to see this half-brother of hers?
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Spit went flying, seen by millions.
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The doll and blanket went flying, bounced off the far end of the block, and fell into the make-believe river.
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The next member of the team took his place at the stumps only to see both bails go flying.
keep the flag flying
rumours/accusations etc are flying
send sb/sth flying/sprawling/reeling etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a flying insect
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they now look set to promote more harmonious race relations in the community after passing with flying colours.
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He had covered his face from flying glass and watched the two men and the Returner escape through the office doors.
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Some had been killed outright by flying shrapnel, others had been badly wounded and had died slowly.
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The flying filly had trainer Jack Berry purring after a stunning success at Beverley last month.
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The first blow came from a corner and a flying header by Dave Higgins.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She's afraid of flying .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Different types of glider behave slightly differently, so explore all the gliders you fly and adapt your flying accordingly.
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In practical terms this required a duration that recorded the most recent 25 hours of flying .
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Last night's film examined a one-day course which helps people overcome their fear of flying .
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Male speaker Going to the Gulf was more routine flying .
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Team kites fall into several categories, chosen for precision flying or ballet and to suit the wind conditions.
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The young were free flying , and the future status of this species in Sussex will be strongly influenced by this population.
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To fully appreciate the reasons we must ignore the training aspect and look at the basic costs of flying .