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flew in the face of

flew in the face of is the simple past of fly in the face of.

Meaning of fly in the face of

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict.
    • The new design is very edgy and certainly flies in the face of tradition.

Questions about flew in the face of

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

Words near flew in the face of in the dictionary

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

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