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flown out of the traps

flown out of the traps is the past participle 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 flown out of the traps

What is flown out of the traps the past participle of?
Flown out of the traps is the past participle of fly out of the traps.

Words near flown out of the traps in the dictionary

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

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