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cracks the flags

cracks the flags is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is cracks the flags the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cracks the flags is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crack the flags.

Words near cracks the flags in the dictionary

  1. cracks one off
  2. cracks onto
  3. cracks open
  4. cracks out
  5. cracks someone's egg
  6. cracks the flags
  7. cracks through
  8. cracks up
  9. cracks wise
  10. crackship
  11. crackships

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