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fly up

verb
  1. To ascend rapidly (intransitive)
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The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other: the only difficulty was, that her flamingo was gone across to the other side of the garden, where Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a tree.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 65 · B2
Now, Anne Shirley, for pity’s sake don’t fly up into the air.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 141 · C1
My bees fly up to three miles in every direction, so they have plenty to choose from.
Bees on the Roof, p. 1 · C1
It cannot fly up high.
Australian Animals, p. 1 · A1

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