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fly-by-night

Meaning

adjective

  1. (of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable
    “a fly-by-night operation”
  2. ephemeral
    “the symphony is no fly-by-night venture”

noun

  1. a debtor who flees to avoid paying

Synonyms for fly-by-night

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