The antonyms for the phrase "fly off" are "land" and "touch down". While "fly off" suggests a sudden, rapid departure or separation, "land" suggests a controlled descent onto a surface. "Touch down" specifically refers to the moment an airplane's wheels make contact with the runway. Both antonyms imply a sense of stability and a natural conclusion to a journey or flight, in contrast to the wild and unpredictable nature of "flying off". While "fly off" may connote excitement or urgency, "land" and "touch down" suggest a calm arrival and a peaceful settling in.

Famous quotes with Fly off

• If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off.

  Norman Ralph Augustine
• What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now.

  Mike Ditka
• It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?

  John Masefield

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