Meaning of flying visit | Babel Free

Definitions

A very short visit.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“My favorite novelist was on a flying visit to London last week for a book signing.”

“Rishi Sunak is not interested in the climate emergency – and everyone knows it. Forced to make a flying visit to Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.”

“COVID seems to have increased traffic to such locations, as 'staycations' have become more popular. But for me, it's a flying visit. I am merely changing trains to continue along the coast to Hastings, aboard another Southern Class 377.”

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