fly without a licence

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fly without a licence (third-person singular simple present flies without a licence, present participle flying without a licence, simple past flew without a licence, past participle flown without a licence)

  1. (informal, humorous, mostly used in continuous tenses) To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone.
    How embarrassing. I didn't notice that I was flying without a licence.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly,‎ without,‎ a,‎ license.