What does fly by mean?

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fly by

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flyover, fly-by, flypastverb

    a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

  2. fly byverb

    pass by while flying

    "An enemy plane flew by"

  3. zip by, fly by, whisk byverb

    move by very quickly

Wikipedia

  1. Fly By

    Fly by II is a song recorded by English boy band Blue. It was released on 18 March 2002 as the fourth and final single released from their debut studio album All Rise (2001). The release included the first ever non-album exclusive, "Love R. I. P". The song is a remixed version of the All Rise album track "Fly By", which samples the song "Rise" by Herb Alpert while this song samples from The Notorious B. I. G.'s "Hypnotize". "Rise" was a number-one hit record in America and was written by Randy "Badazz" Alpert and Andy Armer. "Fly by II" reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. The song is also notable as being the only song associated with All Rise to be recorded at Blue's famous recording partnership Metropolis Studios, which has been the venue for such recording artists as Madonna and Mick Jagger.

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  1. fly by

    A "fly by" generally refers to the act of passing close to a particular area or object, often while traveling quickly and without stopping or slowing down. This term is commonly used in various fields like aviation, space exploration, and even cinematography. It can pertains to aircrafts or spacecrafts passing near a specific location, or a sweeping camera move in filmmaking.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fly by in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fly by in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of fly by in a Sentence

  1. Theresa Cardinal Brown:

    These are not some fly-by-night universities, these aren't scams, these are legit universities who would normally have in-person curricula but for coronavirus, the bigger issue is some of these countries have travel restrictions on and they can't go home, so what do they do then ?

  2. Luciano de Crescenzo:

    We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.

  3. Margot Fonteyn:

    If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?

  4. Steve Maraboli:

    Although time seems to fly by, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opportunity to live your life to the fullest"

  5. Luciano De Crescenzo:

    We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

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