Fly and Kicking

Fly

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

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

Nearby Words: flying, flyer

Kicking

Kicking noun - The act of delivering a blow with the foot.

Fly and kicking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fly" instead an adjective "Kicking".

Nearby Words: kick, kicked, kicker

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Briar Patching The button then causes the hammer to fly into Steel's hands followed by the latter kicking Burke's ass.
  • Useful Notes / Saddam Hussein In "De Gouden Hemelkijker" Nero has to fulfill three tasks, one of them kicking Saddam in the butt, for which he and his son Adhemar fly all the way over to Iraq to do so.
  • Manga / Dorohedoro Also in Volume 1, Nikaido makes the eye of some thug fly away by just kicking him in the face.
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