fly around
also fly about UK informal— phrasal verb with fly uk/flaɪ/us/flaɪ/verb flew, flown
If ideas, remarks, or accusations are flying about/around, they are passed quickly from one person to another and cause excitement:
All kinds of rumours are flying around about the school closing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- get down to business idiom
- give and take
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- powwow
- reason with sb
- reasoning
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- toss
- weigh in
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