fly apart



fly apart

to break apart, throwing pieces around. Don't run the engine too fast or it will fly apart! Mary's bicycle wheel flew apart during the race.
See also: apart, fly

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Xanthe-Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Ofer-Hebrew
Buchanan[bju:'kænən]
&Thorn;ÓRnÝ-Ancient Scandinavian
Itsukiee-tsoo-keeJapanese
Stanislavstah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic