Delay and Fly

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Delay

Delay verb - To move or act slowly.
Usage example: she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed
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Fly is an antonym for delay.
Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Fly

Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
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Delay is an antonym for fly in run or pass swiftly topic.
Nearby Words: flying, flyer
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Common collocations

time delay time fly time
game delay game fly game
damage delay damage fly damage
mission delay mission fly mission
Other words: times, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • This delay is mostly due to the processing time necessary to compress the data on-the-fly, however; the actual signal-propagation delay to and from the satellite is only a quarter of a second.
    Source: Subspace Ansible
  • After she decided to fly with him, in order to delay her father, she killed her brother Absyrtus cut his body into pieces and strewed them on the road.
    Source: Karma Houdini / Folklore
  • Because of this, the roleplay goes Off the Rails pretty often, and SDM is forced to outright scrap, delay or repurpose a lot of planned plot while coming up with some new plot on the fly.
    Source: Roleplay / Shifting Worlds Anathemus Mythos
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