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fly-past

fly-past is the alternative form of flypast.

Meaning of flypast

Noun

flypast (plural flypasts)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
    • An impromptu flypast by the Red Arrows finished off the special event in style.2021 September 22, “News in pictures: Red Arrows add to gala success”, in RAIL, number 940, page 29

Forms of fly-past

pluralfly-pasts

Questions about fly-past

What is fly-past the alternative form of?
Fly-past is the alternative form of flypast.

Words near fly-past in the dictionary

  1. fly-overs
  2. fly-paper
  3. fly-papered
  4. fly-papering
  5. fly-papers
  6. fly-past
  7. fly-pasts
  8. fly-pitch
  9. fly-pitched
  10. fly-pitcher
  11. fly-pitchers

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