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flying off

flying off is the present participle and gerund of fly off.

Meaning of fly off

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.

Questions about flying off

What is flying off the present participle and gerund of?
Flying off is the present participle and gerund of fly off.

Words near flying off in the dictionary

  1. flying meet
  2. flying meets
  3. flying mice
  4. flying monkeys
  5. flying mouse
  6. flying off
  7. flying off at a tangent
  8. flying off the handle
  9. flying off the shelves
  10. flying officer
  11. flying officers

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