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flies off the shelves

flies off the shelves is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 flies off the shelves

What is flies off the shelves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flies off the shelves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fly off the shelves.

Words near flies off the shelves in the dictionary

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

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