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flying off the shelves

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

Meaning of fly off the shelves

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be sold in large quantities, very rapidly.

Questions about flying off the shelves

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

Words near flying off the shelves in the dictionary

  1. flying monkeys
  2. flying mouse
  3. flying off
  4. flying off at a tangent
  5. flying off the handle
  6. flying off the shelves
  7. flying officer
  8. flying officers
  9. flying ointment
  10. flying out
  11. flying out of the traps

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