Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Fly high   /flaɪ haɪ/   Listen
Fly high

verb
1.
Be elated.
2.
Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.  Synonyms: flourish, prosper, thrive.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Fly high" Quotes from Famous Books



... is forgiven. The world loves a spice of wickedness. Talk as you will about principle, impulse is more attractive, even when it goes too far. The passions of youth, like unhooded hawks, fly high, with musical bells upon their jesses; and we forget the cruelty of the sport in the dauntless bearing of the ...
— Hyperion • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

... "All right, big boy. You lead the way. And no contour chasing to-day. I'm too liable to get absent-minded and try to reach out and pick some daisies. Besides, this motor of mine has been trickier than usual in the last few days despite the fact that the Ack Emma declares she is top hole. So fly high and handsome. ...
— Aces Up • Covington Clarke

... on his back, half stunned, Cappy Ricks saw water and wreckage fly high in the air. The Costa Rica shivered. So did Cappy. Then the debris descended, and Cappy, choked with salt water, dimly realized that Terence Reardon had him in his arms and was carrying him down to the boat deck, where the motor lifeboat swung ...
— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne

... "The gulls do fly high, and that do mean a breeze; but there be no danger until they fly inland. The boats will be back before midnight, ...
— A Singer from the Sea • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr



Words linked to "Fly high" :   feel, turn, experience, change state



Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com