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
Meanwhile, spot shortages have cropped up all over the U.S., and many landlords have been gouging civilians and soldiers, Last week Rent Stabilizer Tighe E. Woods let fly at what he thought was wrong.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It's gospel truth, Miss; and of course the Captin, bein' insulted like that, let fly at 'im."
From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)
