FLY OPEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fly open mean? 

• FLY OPEN (verb)
  The verb FLY OPEN has 1 sense:

1. come open suddenly

  Familiarity information: FLY OPEN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLY OPEN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come open suddenly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the doors flew open in the strong gust

Hypernyms (to "fly open" is one way to...):

open; open up (become open)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The doors fly open