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flown off the shelves

flown off the shelves is the past participle 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 flown off the shelves

What is flown off the shelves the past participle of?
Flown off the shelves is the past participle of fly off the shelves.

Words near flown off the shelves in the dictionary

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

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