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flown the flag

flown the flag is the past participle of fly the flag.

Meaning of fly the flag

Verb

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

  1. To be registered in a particular country and display that country's flag as a result. (of a ship, airline etc)
  2. (idiomatic) To support one's country enthusiastically.
    • Now they are the English champions, flying the flag for their country in Europe’s premier club competition and managed by a 53‑year‑old who only got the job on Sunday night.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian

Questions about flown the flag

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

Words near flown the flag in the dictionary

  1. flown out
  2. flown out of the traps
  3. flown solo
  4. flown the blue pigeon
  5. flown the coop
  6. flown the flag
  7. flown the freak flag
  8. flown the kite
  9. flown the nest
  10. flown too close to the sun
  11. flown under the radar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flown the flag (page history and authors); fly the flag (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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