Fly
Fly verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.
Usage example: you must fly to safety immediately
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- There's been at least one instance where relationship drama has caused her to lose her ability to fly.
- When he does, however, it's revealed that doing that just makes him lose his superpower- being able to fly.
Source: I Know Your True Name - Phil Collins' "Don't Lose My Number" has a scene in which Phil's face is superimposed on a computer-animated cartoon fly's body.
Source: Fly Crazy
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