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On the Fly
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What does On the Fly mean?
adverb
- While in the air, without having touched the ground.
- Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.
- (slang) On the move.
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The attack of the tiger on the wild ass, the attack of the spider on the fly.
On the fly leaves of these old Bibles there are often very curious inscriptions.
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When a kicked ball is caught on the fly by one of the opposite side, the catcher marks with his heel on the ground the spot where the catch was made.
If you offered anything to Funny Face, no matter what, he dashed up, seized it on the fly, departed at speed uttering grateful low chatterings; probably dropped and forgot it in the excitement of something new before he had even looked to see what it was.