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fly off

fly off verb: to flee rapidly; to run away.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To flee rapidly; to run away.
  2. (intransitive) To be spurred into ranting, shouting or otherwise agitated speaking.

Forms of fly off

third-person singular presentflies off
present participleflying off
pastflew off
past participleflown off

Questions about fly off

What does fly off mean?
Fly off means to flee rapidly; to run away.
What part of speech is fly off?
Fly off is a verb.
What is the past tense of fly off?
The past tense of fly off is flew off.

Words near fly off in the dictionary

  1. fly line
  2. fly lines
  3. fly loft
  4. fly lofts
  5. fly low
  6. fly off
  7. fly off at a tangent
  8. fly off the handle
  9. fly off the shelves
  10. fly on the wall
  11. fly orchid

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