Alert and Fly

Alert

Alert adjective - Engaged in or accustomed to close observation.
Usage example: alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came

Fly and alert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fly" instead an adjective "Alert".

Nearby Words: alertness, alerted, alerting, alerter

Fly

Fly adjective - (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked.

Alert and fly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alert" instead an adjective "Fly".

Nearby Words: flying, flyer

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people alert people fly people
way alert way fly way
helicopter alert helicopter fly helicopter
enemies alert enemies fly enemies
Other words: ships.

Both words in one sentence

  • Clothes Make the Superman The capes can also be borrowed by others to fly (one episode had a jailed up and powerless Anpanman give his cape to Pickles, Hamburger Kid's horse, so he could alert the others).
  • Video Game / Mad Father If you break the barrel, it'll alert the zombie and the crow will fly away before the zombie kills you.
  • Random Drop aka: Randomly Drops Disappointingly, they only appear and fly away, but reward you with a lot of points, and an alert after the match is done telling that you met them for the first time.
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