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fly out

A2 neutral separable both
In simple words

Leave a place by airplane; or send someone or something away by airplane.

Literal meaning: To fly out from a place — entirely transparent.

Meanings

1 A2 neutral

To depart from a place by aircraft.

"We fly out to Bangkok on Saturday morning, so we need to be at the airport by six."

Grammar: inseparable
2 B1 neutral

To transport someone or something away from a place by aircraft.

"The charity flew out the medical team as soon as the disaster was declared."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Very common in travel and news contexts. Used both intransitively ('We fly out on Friday') and transitively ('They flew out the injured players'). Especially common in journalism describing officials, athletes, or workers being transported to or from locations.

Commonly used with

tomorrow tonight Friday crew team injured supplies

Forms

Base
fly out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
flies out
he/she/it
Past simple
flew out
yesterday
Past participle
flown out
have + pp
-ing form
flying out
continuous

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