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flit

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flit/flɪt/

▶verb (flits, flitting, flitted)

1 move swiftly and lightly.

2 chiefly Scottish & N. English move house or leave one's home, especially in secrecy.

▶noun Brit. informal an act of leaving one's home in secrecy.

– origin ME: from ON flytja; rel. to fleet5.

'flit' also found in these Oxford entries:

fleet - flitter

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