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on the fly



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Idioms and Phrases

In a hurry, on the run, as in I picked up some groceries on the fly . The transfer of this expression, which literally means “in midair or in flight,” dates from the mid-1800s.
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There are also some smaller rooms in the back that he plans to use as artist green rooms and a screenprinting studio, so the venue can print merchandise for artists on the fly.

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“Freshmen coming into a program like ours … it’s not, you know, learn on the fly, and, we’ll give you a year or two to figure out how to win,” Gottlieb said.

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Carter, meanwhile, was organising team meals on the fly.

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“It’s not like he’s trying to learn stuff on the fly, then get ready to go play at 7 o’clock,” said Montero, who shared film of each session with the rest of the coaching staff.

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But it's all worth it, he says, "if you can turn something on the fly that wasn't planned into something hilarous".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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