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.

Examples of fly into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Augustin flew into a rage Oct. 19 after his Mustang collided with the 66-year-old father of three’s Toyota on the Van Wyck Expressway near Hillside Ave. —Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025

As whisky tourism emerged as an industry in the 90s, Edinburgh was mostly a place to fly into before heading out to places like Islay or Speyside. —Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025

Another option is to fly into Liberia, Costa Rica, and make the journey north to San Juan del Sur, which is also around 2.5 hours by car. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025

Fireflies like to hide in tall grass during the day and then fly into trees to signal for a mate. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025

Rhymes for fly into

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue