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cracked the flags

cracked the flags is the simple past and past participle of crack the flags.

Meaning of crack the flags

Verb

crack the flags (third-person singular simple present cracks the flags, present participle cracking the flags, simple past and past participle cracked the flags)

  1. (Northern, UK, colloquial) Of the sun or sunshine: to beat down very strongly; to be extremely hot.
    • Early summer sunshine threatened to crack the flags outside.1998, Julia Wild, Blue Silk Promise, page 80

Questions about cracked the flags

What is cracked the flags the simple past and past participle of?
Cracked the flags is the simple past and past participle of crack the flags.

Words near cracked the flags in the dictionary

  1. cracked one off
  2. cracked onto
  3. cracked open
  4. cracked out
  5. cracked someone's egg
  6. cracked the flags
  7. cracked through
  8. cracked tooth syndrome
  9. cracked up
  10. cracked wheat
  11. cracked wise

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