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 Fly Open (To).Flying Colours (To come off with). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fly Out at (To).
 
To burst or break into a passion. The Latin, involo in …   1
        “Poor choleric Sir Brian would fly out at his coachman, his butler, or his gamekeeper, and use language … which … from any other master, would have brought about a prompt resignation.”—Good Words, 1887.
 


 Fly Open (To).Flying Colours (To come off with). 

 
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