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flew out of the traps

flew out of the traps is the simple past of fly out of the traps.

Meaning of fly out of the traps

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to start quickly.
    • The hosts flew out of the traps and with Scott Parker and Mark Noble working beautifully together in tandem in the centre of their midfield they began to exert serious pressure on Foster's goal.2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC

Questions about flew out of the traps

What is flew out of the traps the simple past of?
Flew out of the traps is the simple past of fly out of the traps.

Words near flew out of the traps in the dictionary

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

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