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
In answering his own bristling question, Midwesterner Taft let fly at the chemical industry and others who want tariffs kept high.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The woman, Bacheta, although savage, had appropriated the insult to her mistress, and she also fearlessly let fly at him, translating as nearly as she could the complimentary address that "Medusa" had just delivered.
From Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Moore, Henry Charles
