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flew off

flew off is the simple past of fly off.

Meaning of fly off

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To flee rapidly; to run away.
  2. (intransitive) To be spurred into ranting, shouting or otherwise agitated speaking.

Questions about flew off

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

Words near flew off in the dictionary

  1. flew in
  2. flew in the face of
  3. flew into
  4. flew like a bird
  5. flew low
  6. flew off
  7. flew off at a tangent
  8. flew off the handle
  9. flew off the shelves
  10. flew out
  11. flew out of the traps

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