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flew in

flew in is the simple past of fly in.

Meaning of fly in

Verb

fly in (third-person singular simple present flies in, present participle flying in, simple past flew in, past participle flown in)

  1. (intransitive) To use a flying switch to switch train cars.
  2. To land at an airfield.
    • Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233

Questions about flew in

What is flew in the simple past of?
Flew in is the simple past of fly in.

Words near flew in in the dictionary

  1. flew baker
  2. flew blind
  3. flew by
  4. flew by the seat of one's pants
  5. flew high
  6. flew in
  7. flew in the face of
  8. flew into
  9. flew like a bird
  10. flew low
  11. flew off

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