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flown in

flown in is the past participle of fly in.

Meaning of fly in

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To use a flying switch to switch train cars.
  2. To land at an airfield.
    • Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233

Questions about flown in

What is flown in the past participle of?
Flown in is the past participle of fly in.

Words near flown in in the dictionary

  1. flown baker
  2. flown blind
  3. flown by
  4. flown by the seat of one's pants
  5. flown high
  6. flown in
  7. flown in the face of
  8. flown into
  9. flown like a bird
  10. flown low
  11. flown off

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