/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Fly Open (To)
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To open suddenly, as, “the doors flew open,” “les portes sʹouvrirent,” as they do sometimes by the force of the wind.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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