The Collaborative International Dictionary
To fly a kite
Fly \Fly\, v. t.
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To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
The brave black flag I fly.
--W. S. Gilbert. -
To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Sleep flies the wretch.
--Dryden.To fly the favors of so good a king.
--Shak. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.]
--Bacon.-
To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an a["e]roplane.
To fly a kite (Com.), to raise money on commercial notes.
Usage examples of "to fly a kite".
I think she's-well, not crazy, seeing it's Liesel-but optimistic as trying to fly a kite underwater.
My grandfather wore tweed, showed us how to stack the oak firewood, how to fly a kite, and even how to sail a toy wooden sailboat in the waters off Victoria.