let fly

1. 1.

   fire as from a gun

   “The soldiers let drive their bullets”

   Synonymsloose offlet drive

   Broaderfire

Questions about let fly

What does let fly mean?

let fly means "fire as from a gun".

What is another word for let fly?

Close synonyms include loose off, let drive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is let fly a common word?

let fly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.