let fly at
Example Sentences
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Kane’s interception immediately left England’s opponents short at the back and when Rashford returned the ball to his teammate inside the penalty area it was tempting to think Kane would let fly at goal.
From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2019
There are lots of things people suppress in public that they let fly at home.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2012
Speaking to some 6,000 Methodist women in Milwaukee, outspoken Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam let fly at "self-appointed patriots . . . pagan commentators . . . ignoramuses on investigating committees."
From Time Magazine Archive
Done up in a shower cap with windshield wiper, rubber gloves and raincoat, Moran explained his theory of release, let fly at an electric fan.
From Time Magazine Archive
She’s so stirred up that she absentmindedly scoops up a double portion, and just as Bob springs his remark what does she do but up and let fly at him, right across the table.
From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell
