Fly and Outrun

Fly

Fly verb - To proceed or move quickly.

Usage example: flew down the concourse to catch his flight

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Outrun and fly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outrun" instead a verb "Fly".

Nearby Words: flying, flyer

Outrun verb - To go beyond the limit of.

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Fly and outrun are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fly" instead a verb "Outrun".

fire	fly fire	outrun fire
thanks	fly thanks	outrun thanks
bomb	fly bomb	outrun bomb
speed	fly speed	outrun speed
Other words: craft, ship, beams, cars, enemies, fighters.

If you're flying a ship that can outrun the missiles, you can switch your camera view and fly around in circles, then watch all those missiles follow you around.

Source: Super-Persistent Missile
Outrun the Fireball: Samus uses her rocket boots to fly herself and MC away from MC's last ditch attack, which is to set off the Spartan armor's self destruct bomb.

Source: Web Animation / Haloid
PlanetSide 2 (currently) only has the Nanite Systems' "Harasser", which is an extremely fast and well armed buggy that can outrun anything else on the ground, perform sweet drifts, and a soldier can ride in the back and shoot his gun or repair the buggy on the fly.

Source: Cool Car

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