kite flying

British

noun

Also called: kiting. commerce the practice of drawing cheques on deposits which are already committed, assuming that the delay in clearing the cheque will allow time to replenish the account

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In the streets of Lahore there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned.

From BBC

Kashif Siddiqui is a pharmacist, but admits his kite flying is a bit rusty.

From BBC

Kite flying is not just about beauty, it's about the battle to knock your opponent's kite out of the sky by cutting their string.

From BBC

"Kite flying has been passed down through generations from our ancestors. Almost every region in Indonesia has a tradition of kite flying," says Asep Irawan, an expert from the Indonesia Kite Museum.

From BBC

Michigan-based professional kite flying team the Windjammers are planning to stage several aerial performances choreographed to music, each pilot flying stacks of up to a dozen red, white and blue diamond-shaped kites with long tails trailing off each one.

From Washington Post

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