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flown the nest

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

Meaning of fly the nest

Verb

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

  1. To leave one's parents or childhood guardians and begin an independent life as an adult.

Questions about flown the nest

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

Words near flown the nest in the dictionary

  1. flown the blue pigeon
  2. flown the coop
  3. flown the flag
  4. flown the freak flag
  5. flown the kite
  6. flown the nest
  7. flown too close to the sun
  8. flown under the radar
  9. flown upon
  10. flown with leaden wings
  11. flown without a licence

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