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fly-by-night

/'fl/aI/b/aI/,n/aI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. a debtor who flees to avoid paying

    noun.person

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous

    adj.all

    Synonyms shady

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. ephemeral

    adj.all

    Examples
    The symphony is no fly-by-night venture.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

fly poisonfly rodfly sheetfly tentfly the coopfly-byfly-fishfly-fishingflyawayflybaneflybittenflyblow

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