Brewer's: Fly Out at

(To). To burst or break into a passion. The Latin, involvo in ...

“Poor choleric Sir Brian would fly out at his coachman, his butler, or his gamekeeper, and use language ... which ... from any other master would have brought about a prompt resignation.” —Good Words, 1887.

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