Fly and Remain

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Fly

Fly verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.
Usage example: you must fly to safety immediately
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Remain is an antonym for fly in topics: escape, take to the air, run or pass swiftly.
Nearby Words: flying, flyer

Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Usage example: one of the three bridges known as “the London Bridge,” it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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Antonyms for Remain
Fly is an antonym for remain.
Nearby Words: remainder, remaining
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Common collocations

ability fly ability remain ability
character fly character remain character
people fly people remain people
thanks fly thanks remain thanks
Other words: time, way, speed, game, machine, damage, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Attack Drone Later the armor Tagon and Pi are wearing have Shoulder Cannons that can be set to engage targets independently and fly on their own, instead of remain attached to the Powered Armor.
    Source: Attack Drone
  • Theatre / Hamlet Ignored Epiphany: Claudius comes to realize what evil he's done, but keeps right on being evil.Claudius: My words fly up: my thoughts remain below.
    Source: Theatre / Hamlet
  • Black Blood What's odd is that you see the blood fly through the air very dramatically, but his clothes remain uncut.
    Source: Black Blood
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