Abandon
Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.
Fly
Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Only after they abandon their current hosts will you have a shot at the ghost itself, at least for the ten seconds or so they'll erratically fly around before grabbing a new host.
- Fly by the seat of your pants, but even if your wings had sheared off and your ejector was jammed, at no point abandon your laid-back Texas accent.note Yeager was from West Virginia, not Texas.
Source: Danger Deadpan -
He's willing to abandon Simba and Nala in order to save himself from Scar and Hago.Hago: You can't escape us now.Zazu: Actually, I could always fly away.Simba: And leave us behind?
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