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flash forward

flash forward verb: to move forward in time.

Verb

flash forward (third-person singular simple present flashes forward, present participle flashing forward, simple past and past participle flashed forward)

  1. To move forward in time.
    • His dream flashed forward to an incident in grade school.

Forms of flash forward

third-person singular presentflashes forward
present participleflashing forward
past participleflashed forward
pastflashed forward

Origin of flash forward

From flashforward.

Questions about flash forward

What does flash forward mean?
Flash forward means to move forward in time.
What part of speech is flash forward?
Flash forward is a verb.
What is the past tense of flash forward?
The past tense of flash forward is flashed forward.

Words near flash forward in the dictionary

  1. flash fictions
  2. flash flood
  3. flash flooding
  4. flash floods
  5. flash for cash
  6. flash forward
  7. flash frame
  8. flash frames
  9. flash freezer
  10. flash freezers
  11. flash freezing

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