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flew upon

flew upon is the simple past of fly upon.

Meaning of fly upon

Verb

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

  1. To seize.
  2. To attack.

Questions about flew upon

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

Words near flew upon in the dictionary

  1. flew the freak flag
  2. flew the kite
  3. flew the nest
  4. flew too close to the sun
  5. flew under the radar
  6. flew upon
  7. flew with leaden wings
  8. flew without a licence
  9. flew'd
  10. flewed
  11. Flewellen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flew upon (page history and authors); fly upon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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