- flying\ visit
- n. phr.A visit of very short duration.
Tom came to New York for only a flying visit. We had hardly eaten lunch when he had to leave.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
flying\ visit
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flying visit — flying visits N COUNT A flying visit is a visit that only lasts a very short time … English dictionary
flying visit — noun count a very short visit … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flying visit — noun a visit that last for only a very short time he wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds • Hypernyms: ↑visit * * * flying visit UK US noun [countable] [singular flying visit … Useful english dictionary
flying visit — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flying visit : singular flying visit plural flying visits a very short visit … English dictionary
flying visit — {n. phr.} A visit of very short duration. * /Tom came to New York for only a flying visit. We had hardly eaten lunch when he had to leave./ … Dictionary of American idioms
flying visit — {n. phr.} A visit of very short duration. * /Tom came to New York for only a flying visit. We had hardly eaten lunch when he had to leave./ … Dictionary of American idioms
flying visit — noun A very short visit Toni Morrison was on a flying visit to London last week, for a book signing … Wiktionary
ˌflying ˈvisit — noun [C] a very short visit … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
flying — ► ADJECTIVE 1) moving through or fluttering in the air. 2) hasty; brief: a flying visit. ● with flying colours Cf. ↑with flying colours … English terms dictionary
visit — vis|it1 W1S2 [ˈvızıt] v [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: visiter, from Latin visitare, from visere to go to see , from videre; VISION] 1.) [I and T] to go and spend time in a place or with someone, especially for pleasure or interest ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
