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On the fly

(of the ball) Without a bounce.

📖 Definitions of "On the fly"

adverb
  1. 1

    (of the ball) Without a bounce.

    "Jones caught the ball on the fly"

  2. 2

    Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.

    "The software program has a table of values for some results, but calculates others on the fly."

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