"fly out of the blocks" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flying out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<,,flew,flown>",
        "head": "~out of:~; block􂀿s:􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            [
              8,
              30
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          ],
          "ref": "2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin quickly"
      ],
      "id": "en-fly_out_of_the_blocks-en-verb-l5eRTMYj",
      "links": [
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To begin quickly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fly out of the traps"
        },
        {
          "word": "race out of the traps"
        },
        {
          "word": "storm out of the blocks"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly out of the blocks"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flying out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown out of the blocks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<,,flew,flown>",
        "head": "~out of:~; block􂀿s:􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin quickly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To begin quickly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fly out of the traps"
        },
        {
          "word": "race out of the traps"
        },
        {
          "word": "storm out of the blocks"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly out of the blocks"
}