fly a kite
English
Alternative forms
- (raise money): fly the kite
Verb
fly a kite (third-person singular simple present flies a kite, present participle flying a kite, simple past flew a kite, past participle flown a kite)
- (slang, archaic) To raise money on commercial notes; to obtain money as by accommodation bills, the endorser having no actual money.
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see fly, kite.
- The children flew a kite in the park.