fly into
phrasal verb
flew into; flown into; flying into; flies into
: to be overcome by (sudden extreme emotion)
He flew into a rage.
They flew into a panic.
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Six women, led by superstar Katy Perry, were flying into space!
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ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
This April 3, 2025, photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows fragments of the Japanese Zero fighter that a kamikaze pilot flew into the side of the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa on April 11, 1945.
—CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Final shots are Elphaba reaching out for her hat which flies into her hand, and her broom into the other.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Because American pilots were about to fly into possibly a deadly situation, and the secretary of defense is telling everyone on the group chat – which, by the way, included me – that these pilots were about to go into harm's way.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
This April 3, 2025, photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows fragments of the Japanese Zero fighter that a kamikaze pilot flew into the side of the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa on April 11, 1945.
—CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Final shots are Elphaba reaching out for her hat which flies into her hand, and her broom into the other.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Because American pilots were about to fly into possibly a deadly situation, and the secretary of defense is telling everyone on the group chat – which, by the way, included me – that these pilots were about to go into harm's way.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Fly into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20into. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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