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fly out of the blocks

fly out of the blocks verb: to begin quickly.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To begin quickly
    • Alcaraz flew out of the blocks in the first-to-10 match tie-break of the deciding set, sapping every last bit of Sinner's energy before sealing victory with a remarkable running forehand winner that fizzed down the line.2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC

Synonyms of fly out of the blocks

Forms of fly out of the blocks

third-person singular presentflies out of the blocks
present participleflying out of the blocks
pastflew out of the blocks
past participleflown out of the blocks

Questions about fly out of the blocks

What does fly out of the blocks mean?
Fly out of the blocks means to begin quickly.
What part of speech is fly out of the blocks?
Fly out of the blocks is a verb.
What is the past tense of fly out of the blocks?
The past tense of fly out of the blocks is flew out of the blocks.

Words near fly out of the blocks in the dictionary

  1. fly off the shelves
  2. fly on the wall
  3. fly orchid
  4. fly orchids
  5. fly out
  6. fly out of the blocks
  7. fly out of the traps
  8. fly outs
  9. fly paper
  10. fly papers
  11. fly pie

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