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Collocations for fly - noun

1. insect

VERB + fly

shoo (AmE), shoo away (esp. AmE), swat
I swatted the fly with a newspaper.
attract
catch

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fly + VERB

buzz
A fly was buzzing against the window.
crawl
land (on sth)
A fly landed on the butter.

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fly + NOUN

larva
spray

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2. (flies) (BrE also ) on trousers/pants

ADJECTIVE

button

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VERB + fly/flies

button, button up, do up, zip up
undo, unzip
Do you know your fly is undone?
Your flies are undone! (BrE)

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fly + NOUN

button

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Collocations for fly - verb

ADVERB

high, low
fast, slowly
about (esp. BrE), around, back, down, out, past
away, off

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PREPOSITION

above
We watched the birds flying high above us.
over
a plane flying low over the sea

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Flutter is used with these nouns as the object:
eyelash, wing

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Fly is used with these nouns as the subject:
accusation, aircraft, airline, arrow, ball, banner, bat, bee, bird, bullet, butterfly, cloak, crow, debris, duck, dust, eagle, fist, flag, goose, hand, helicopter, insect, insult, jet, missile, mosquito, owl, passenger, pigeon, pilot, plane, sand, seagull, shell, shrapnel, spark, spray, swan, time, wasp

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Fly is used with these nouns as the object:
aircraft, airline, banner, distance, flag, helicopter, jet, kite, mile, missile, mission, nest, passenger, patrol, plane, route, shuttle

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