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flew off the shelves

flew off the shelves is the simple past of fly off the shelves.

Meaning of fly off the shelves

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be sold in large quantities, very rapidly.

Questions about flew off the shelves

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

Words near flew off the shelves in the dictionary

  1. flew like a bird
  2. flew low
  3. flew off
  4. flew off at a tangent
  5. flew off the handle
  6. flew off the shelves
  7. flew out
  8. flew out of the traps
  9. flew solo
  10. flew the blue pigeon
  11. flew the coop

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