fly at

Idioms  

1. Attack fiercely, assault. For example, The dogs flew at each other's throats. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

Israeli military aircraft including drones generally fly at higher altitudes than commercial planes, he said, while such aircraft also show up on commercial planes' radars.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

A couple who lost more than £2,500 on a trip they had been planning for eight years only found out they had been scammed when they arrived packed and ready to fly at Heathrow Airport.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

That means that traffic patterns around Van Nuys now fly at least 800 feet below the planes landing at Burbank, according to FAA documents.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

But its May order hinted that wouldn’t fly at the Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Flying can be very complicated: to do it properly, one must learn to fly at night, and in bad weather, and in formation with other planes.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins