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fly out of the traps

fly out of the traps verb: to start quickly.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to start quickly.
    • The hosts flew out of the traps and with Scott Parker and Mark Noble working beautifully together in tandem in the centre of their midfield they began to exert serious pressure on Foster's goal.2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC

Forms of fly out of the traps

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

Origin of fly out of the traps

In reference to the start of a greyhound race.

Questions about fly out of the traps

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

Words near fly out of the traps in the dictionary

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

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