fly across

fly across (something)

To traverse a place or area by plane. I live in California, but the rest of my family is in New York, so I've flown across the country many times.
See also: across, fly
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fly across something

[for a bird or a plane] to move in the air across something. A bird flew across the open area in the forest. A large jet flew across the clear blue sky.
See also: across, fly
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fly across (something)
  • walk across
  • walk across (something or some place)
  • sled across (something)
  • go across
  • go across (something) to (someone or something)
  • go across to
  • jump across
  • fly from (someone or something) to (some place)
  • fly from (someone or something)
References in classic literature
But the moment Sancho quitted his beast to go and help Don Quixote, the dancing devil with the bladders jumped up on Dapple, and beating him with them, more by the fright and the noise than by the pain of the blows, made him fly across the fields towards the village where they were going to hold their festival.
Don Quixote
On my view this question can easily be answered; for no terrestrial mammal can be transported across a wide space of sea, but bats can fly across. Bats have been seen wandering by day far over the Atlantic Ocean; and two North American species either regularly or occasionally visit Bermuda, at the distance of 600 miles from the mainland.
The Origin of Species
A crow would shed tears if obliged by its errand to fly across the district."
The Prairie
Two Britons who launched their round-the-world trip two months ago have managed to fly across Russia in an open-cockpit gyrocopter.
Two British pilots fly across entire width of Russia in 80mph gyrocopter; James Ketchell and Norman Surplus flew across Europe in their open-cockpit gyrocopter - including a trip close to the world's coldest town
After she writes an anonymous letter to the editor that impresses her father, her parents reluctantly agree she can write a series of articles about aviation and the race to fly across the English Channel, but only if she promises to accept a marriage proposal within the year.
Across the Blue
But when the UAE closed its airspace for any access to Qatar, Nepal Airlines had to fly across Iran--and, after allowing two flights over Iran, the Islamic Republic slammed the door shut.
Bill collector
1909: Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly across the Channel, flying his three-cylinder monoplane from near Calais to Northfall Meadow near Dover Castle.
ON THIS DAY
In a statement, easyJet said: "As part of easyJet's contingency planning before the referendum we had informal discussions with a number of European aviation regulators about the establishment of an AOC (air operator certificate) in a European country to enable easyJet to fly across Europe as we do today."
Easyjet may move its HQ; AIRLINES
She would sink down onto the stage, rise above it, fly across it like lightning.
40 years ago this month
You are watching "Then we arrived and you are watching your production designer fly across the camera, picked up by the wind, and Marion Cotillard kind of disappearing into a bog.
Coastline plays starring role in Hollywood play
Not only was Amelia Earhart the first woman in the world to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, she was the first person to cross it twice.
Amelia Earhart--Courage in the Sky
So much so that Peter Murphy said he "wanted to fly across and deck him".
Better Late than never to forgive
Washington, Sha'ban 7, 1434, Jun 16, 2013, SPA -- A solar-powered plane bidding to fly across the U.S.
Solar-powered plane lands near Washington
a 3-D version of the classic film "Top Gun" may reach theaters early next year Jonathan Trappe plans to fly across the Atlantic next summer in his unusual aircraft comprising dozens of small helium balloons ...
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