fly up in English

Forms: flies up [present, singular, third-person], flying up [participle, present], flew up [past], flown up [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,flew,flown>}} fly up (third-person singular simple present flies up, present participle flying up, simple past flew up, past participle flown up)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies up",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flying up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To ascend rapidly"
      ],
      "id": "en-fly_up-en-verb-R4y~WyFI",
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        "(intransitive) To ascend rapidly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly up"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flying up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<,,flew,flown>"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
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      "glosses": [
        "To ascend rapidly"
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To ascend rapidly"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly up"
}

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"fly up" meaning in English

Verb